Definition of Pacific hemlock

1. Noun. Tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Hemlock

Pacific Islander
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Standard Time
Pacific Time
Pacific blackberries
Pacific blackberry
Pacific blackchin
Pacific bonito
Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Pacific cod
Pacific dewberries
Pacific dewberry
Pacific giant salamander
Pacific halibut
Pacific hemlock
Pacific herring
Pacific loon
Pacific loons
Pacific newt
Pacific plum
Pacific ridley
Pacific sardine
Pacific silver fir
Pacific silver firs
Pacific spiny dogfish
Pacific sturgeon
Pacific tree toad
Pacific tripletail
Pacific walrus

Literary usage of Pacific hemlock

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

1. Journal by California Legislature (1883)
"MERTEN'S pacific hemlock SPRUCE. ( Tsuga [Abies] Mertensiana. ... Vast forests of this pacific hemlock extend along the coast from California to Alaska. ..."

2. Tariff Information Surveys on the Articles in Paragraph 1- of the Tariff Act by United States Tariff Commission (1921)
"... description 35 Bark extract manufacture on the Pacific coast 36 Bark harvesting 36 pacific hemlock as a source of tanbark 37 History— Eastern hemlock 37 ..."

3. Biennial Report of the California State Board of Forestry for the Years by California State Board of Forestry (1886)
"Tsuya (Abies) Mertensiana—MERTEN'S pacific hemlock. In flourishing forms of the North Pacific Coast the very dense foliage of the hairy twiglets so crowd ..."

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