Cypress (sarv) سرو

The cypress (sarv) is drawn as a tall, narrow evergreen, singly or in rows. A silk carpet dated 1662 already shows a directional field of cypresses and flowering plants. In Persian poetry the cypress is an image of a graceful, upright figure, and some scholars see the boteh as a cypress with its top bent by the wind.

Also Double Cypress · cypresses

See also Boteh, Kheshti, Tree of life (derakht-e zendegi)

Last reviewed November 2026