WordNet
western red cedar
n. large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States [syn: red cedar, canoe cedar, Thuja plicata]
Usage examples of "western red cedar".
Beyond the fire was a big black nothing away down the valley which I knew was an ocean of trees -- Douglas fir, spruce, hemlock, western red cedar -- all commercially valuable.
The two Wreeds were particularly impressed by the giant totem poles made of western red cedar.