WordNet
western hemlock
n. tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree [syn: Pacific hemlock, west coast hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla]
Usage examples of "western hemlock".
Douglas fir, noble fir, Western hemlock and white or Port Orford cedar.
They moved on through the woods and up the steep slope at an angle, a dense forest of tall candle-straight trunks, Douglas fir and western hemlock interspersed with brush and yew, the weed tree of the understory.
There were still a few odd shacks and cottages tucked in among the thick stands of spruce, cedar, and western hemlock.