A plant genus comprised of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the genus Cupressus of the family Cupressaceae, distributed throughout warm-temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. Many resinous, aromatic evergreen trees called cypress belong to other genera of the same family, especially species of false cypress and cypress pine. The name “cypress” is occasionally used for some species of fustic and for bald cypress; in eastern Canada it often denotes jack pine.

Britannica Editors. "cypress". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Feb. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/plant/cypress. Accessed 20 October 2026.