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yellow cedar

noun

tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament

• Syn: ↑yellow cypress, ↑Nootka cypress, ↑Alaska cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

• Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chamaecyparis, ↑genus Chamaecyparis

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noun

1.

a. : an evergreen tree (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) of the Pacific coast of No. America often cultivated for ornament; also : the hard yellow wood of this tree — called also Alaska cedar

b. : western cedar 1 a

c. : arborvitae 1

2. Australia : a sumac (Rhus rhodanthema) that yields tannin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.