WordNet
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]
Wikipedia
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.