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==Wandlore==
 
==Wandlore==
Cypress is associated with valour. The great medieval [[Wandlore|wandmaker]], [[Geraint Ollivander]], wrote that he was always honoured to match a cypress [[wand]], for he knew he was meeting a [[Wizardkind|witch or wizard]] who would die a heroic death.<ref name="pottermore">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
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Cypress is associated with valour. The great medieval [[wandmaker]], [[Geraint Ollivander]], wrote that he was always honoured to match a cypress [[wand]], for he knew he was meeting a [[Wizardkind|witch or wizard]] who would die a heroic death.<ref name="pottermore">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
   
 
Fortunately, in these less blood-thirsty times, the possessors of cypress wands are rarely called upon to lay down their lives, though doubtless many of them would do so if required. [[Wand]]s of cypress find their soul mates among the brave, the bold and the self-sacrificing: those who are unafraid to confront the shadows in their own and others’ natures.<ref name="pottermore"/>
 
Fortunately, in these less blood-thirsty times, the possessors of cypress wands are rarely called upon to lay down their lives, though doubtless many of them would do so if required. [[Wand]]s of cypress find their soul mates among the brave, the bold and the self-sacrificing: those who are unafraid to confront the shadows in their own and others’ natures.<ref name="pottermore"/>

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Cypress (family Cupressaceae) is the name applied to many of the plants belonging to the cypress family, Cupressaceae, which is a conifer of northern temperate regions. Most cypress species are trees, while a few are shrubs. Most plants bearing the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but several other genera in the family also carry the name.[1]

Wandlore

Cypress is associated with valour. The great medieval wandmaker, Geraint Ollivander, wrote that he was always honoured to match a cypress wand, for he knew he was meeting a witch or wizard who would die a heroic death.[2]

Fortunately, in these less blood-thirsty times, the possessors of cypress wands are rarely called upon to lay down their lives, though doubtless many of them would do so if required. Wands of cypress find their soul mates among the brave, the bold and the self-sacrificing: those who are unafraid to confront the shadows in their own and others’ natures.[2]

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