DCHP-3

Nootka cypress

[< Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.

Quotations

1935
The yellow cypress . . . is known under various names . . . yellow cedar . . . canoe cedar, Nootka cypress and others and is confined to the Pacific coast.
1956
YELLOW CEDAR [is also called] Yellow cypress . . . Nootka cypress, canoe cedar.