Noun: yellow cypress 'ye-low'sIp-rus
- Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
"yellow cypresses can live for over a thousand years";
- yellow cedar, Nootka cypress, Alaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Derived forms: yellow cypresses
Type of: cedar, cedar tree
Part of: Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis
Encyclopedia: Yellow cypress