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cyprès Cdn French

• n. one of several species of pine tree, especially the Banksian and the lodge-pole.

  See also: cypress (def. 1)  

  • 1784  (1790)  Then [we] crossed a small bay 3/4 mile S. by W. to portage Cyprès. . . .
  • 1823  Banksiana: the Canadian voyagers term it Cypres. . . .
  • 1896  Early in the afternoon we entered an extensive grove of pines . . . the cyprès of the métis.