Definition of Carolina hemlock

1. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales.

Exact synonyms: Tsuga Caroliniana
Generic synonyms: Hemlock, Hemlock Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carolina Hemlock

Carnot's ideal cycle
Carnot cycle
Carnoy
Carnoy's fixative
Caro
Carol
Carole
Carolean
Carolene
Caroli
Carolina
Carolina allspice
Carolina buckthorn
Carolina chickadee
Carolina hemlock (current term)
Carolina jasmine
Carolina lupine
Carolina moonseed
Carolina parakeet
Carolina pink
Carolina pinks
Carolina pond fern
Carolina spring beauty
Carolina wren
Carolina wrens
Carolinas
Caroline
Caroline Islands
Carolingian

Literary usage of Carolina hemlock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"It is similar in Hemlock The Carolina hemlock grows exclu- Carolina most of its characters to the ... The Carolina hemlock is found on dry, rocky hillsides, ..."

2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"... (Carolina hemlock. HEMLOCK. .SPRUCE PINE.) A tree, with conical crown, numerous branches upon two-thirds of the stem, and rough thick red-brown bark, ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The Carolina hemlock (Tsuga Caroliniana, Engelm.) occurs most abundantly about the headwaters of the Savannah River in South Carolina. ..."

4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The Southern or Carolina hemlock (71 caroliniana) resembles Hemlock. The Western Hemlock (T. heterophylla, Alaska to California) attains height of 180 feet, ..."

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