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Definition of Canoe cedar

1. Noun. Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canoe Cedar

Literary usage of Canoe cedar

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

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The principal species are white cedar, canoe cedar, red cedar, and redwood. ... (5) canoe cedar is classed as a white ceda-1' although it is the red cedar ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference by American Technical Society, Ill American Technical Society (Chicago (1917)
"... the canoe cedar. The wood is not very strong, but is light and soft, possessing considerable stiffness and a fine texture. In color it is as mentioned ..."

3. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"Some of the trees are of medium size while others are very large, especially the canoe cedar in the Northwest. In addition to the white cedars, ..."

4. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"Some of the trees are of medium size while others are very large, especially the canoe cedar in the Northwest. In addition to the white cedars, ..."

5. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"canoe cedar. Plate 51, figs. 1-2. THUJA PLICATA Don in Lambert, Pinus, vol. ... The canoe cedar, also called Giant Arbor-vitae, Oregon Cedar, or Red Cedar, ..."

6. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"canoe cedar is usually a giant tree 75 to 200 feet high with pyramidal or roundish crown, the branches long, the branchlets slender and drooping. ..."

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