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yellow cedar

n. tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament [syn: yellow cypress, Nootka cypress, Alaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]

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Yellow cedar

Yellow cedar is a common name for several trees and may refer to:

  • Cupressus nootkatensis, native to northwestern North America
  • Palicourea croceoides
  • Thuja occidentalis, native to northeastern North America

Usage examples of "yellow cedar".

Hennessey asked, coming Into the shed, where she was working on a fat, stylized owl, carving its round eyes into the soft yellow cedar.

The Yellow Cedar has a curious sinister appearance and is used to cure fungoid growths.

There were just millions of them -- spruce, pine, yellow cedar, hemlock, willows -- more than a column of men in a hurry could hack their way through easily.