taxodium
/tækˈsoʊdiəm/
noun
- A genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, including the bald cypress and pond cypress, native to North America and Asia.
- The taxodium trees in the swamp lose their needles in the fall, unlike most conifers.
- Botanists classify the bald cypress under the genus taxodium.
- Ancient taxodium specimens can live for over a thousand years in wetland environments.