yellow cedar

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

Quotations

1894

The coast forests are . . . composed of spruce, hemlock and yellow cedar only.

1965

A man stands beside a yellow cedar tree overlooking the Nimpkish Valley in British Columbia.