"Ye too, my servants, hearken my commands. / Outside the city is a mound, where, dear / to Ceres once, but now deserted, stands / a temple, and an aged cypress near, / for ages hallowed with religious fear."
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Cypress
/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
Synonyms for "cypress" (19 found)
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14 entriesArizona cypressLeyland cypressMonterey cypresscarving woodconstruction timbercypress beamcypress furniturecypress panelcypress plankforest greenlumber gradeolive greensage greensea green
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So to his shade, with funeral rites, we rear / a mound, and altars to the dead prepare, / wreathed with dark cypress. Round them, as of yore, / pace Troy's sad matrons, with their streaming hair. / Warm milk from bowls, and holy blood we pour, / and thrice with loud farewell the peaceful shade deplore.
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Barren trees are the fir, elder, birch, cypress, beech, ivy, sallow, linden and so on, but most of them afford shade.
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The main type of tree in this part of the forest is the cypress.
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