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cypripedium montanum |
cypripedium parviflorum |
cypripedium reginae |
cypris |
cyproheptadine |
cyprus
| cypruslawn
| cypsela
| cypseliform
| cyrano de bergerac
| cyrenaic
cyprus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cyprus has 2 senses
- cyprus(n = noun.location) republic of cyprus - a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin; Array is a kind of country, land, state
- cyprus(n = noun.location) Array - an island in the eastern Mediterranean; Array has parts: cyprus, republic of cyprus
is a part of cyprus
has parts: capital of cyprus, nicosia
Derived form adjective cyprian1
is a kind of island
is a part of mediterranean, mediterranean sea
CIDE DICTIONARY
cyprus, n. [OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers.].
A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [1913 Webster]
"Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e'er was crow." [1913 Webster]
Cyprus black as e'er was crow." [1913 Webster]
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