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Definition of Carolina hemlock
1. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carolina Hemlock
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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