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   Iapetus
         n 1: (Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and
               Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology

English Dictionary: IBDA-C by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
IBDA-C
n
  1. a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
    Synonym(s): Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front, IBDA-C
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cypress \Cy"press\ (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. {Cypresses} (-[?]z). [OE.
      cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr[?]s, L. cupressus,
      cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr.
      [?][?][?][?], perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g[?]pher,
      Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
      A coniferous tree of the genus {Cupressus}. The species are
      mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
      durability.
  
      Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental
               cypress, {Cupressus sempervirens}, the evergreen
               American cypress, {C. thyoides} (now called
               {Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea}), and the deciduous
               American cypress, {Taxodium distichum}. As having
               anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
               the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
               sadness.
  
      {Cypress vine} (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white
            flowers ({Ipot[d2]a Quamoclit}, formerly {Quamoclit
            vulgaris}).
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