Definition of Taxodium distichum

1. Noun. Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms.

Exact synonyms: Bald Cypress, Pond Bald Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxodium Distichum

Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tavastian
Tavastians
Tavros
Tawara
Tawara's node
Tawe
Tawney
Taxaceae
Taxales
Taxidea
Taxidea taxus
Taxodiaceae
Taxodium
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum (current term)
Taxodium mucronatum
Taxol
Taxophytina
Taxopsida
Taxus
Taxus baccata
Taxus brevifolia
Taxus cuspidata
Taxus floridana
Tay
Tay's cherry-red spot
Tay-Sachs
Tay-Sachs carrier
Tay-Sachs disease

Literary usage of Taxodium distichum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... of Africa the very great age of 5000 years ; and De Candolle has computed the age of a specimen of Taxodium distichum as even much greater than this. ..."

2. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1912)
"In Taxodium distichum they are characteristically crowded, flattened, and often irregularly arranged. In dicotyledonous woods as a whole, pits are much ..."

3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1900)
"Taxodium distichum sinense pendulum Loudon, Arboretum, iv. ... It may be added that Taxodium distichum was first described by Parkinson in 1640 from a plant ..."

4. Studies from the Biological Laboratory by Johns Hopkins university (1893)
"THE FORM ATION OF THE SO-CALLED CYPRESS- KNEES ON THE ROOTS OF THE TAXODIUM DISTICHUM, RICHARD. By JOHN P. LOTSY, PH. D. With Plates XVII and XVIII. ..."

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