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canoe cedar
[so called because it was used by coastal Indians for making dugout canoes]
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
See 1936 quote.
Quotations
1936
WESTERN RED CEDAR (Thuja plicata) [is] also called . . . Canoe cedar, Western Cedar, Shingle Cedar.
1954
Paul had a canoe cedar down near the river, at the lower end of the wood claim. . . .
2
a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.
See: yellow cedar
Quotations
1935
The yellow cypress . . . is known under various names . . . yellow cedar, Alaska cedar, canoe cedar . . . and is confined to the Pacific Coast.
1956
YELLOW CEDAR Chamaecyparis nootkatensis . . . [is also called] . . . canoe cedar.