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Definition of Oregon cedar
1. Noun. Large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet.
Generic synonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree
Group relationships: Chamaecyparis, Genus Chamaecyparis
Terms within: Port Orford Cedar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oregon Cedar
Literary usage of Oregon cedar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where to Emigrate and why: Homes and Fortunes in the Boundless West and the by Frederick Bartlett Goddard (1869)
"... the nut pine/the red fir or Douglass spruce, black fir, yellow fir, western
balsam fir, the noble fir, the oregon cedar, and the fragrant white cedar; ..."
2. Tree Planting in Natal by Thomas Robertson Sim (1905)
"... White Cedar Mexican White Cedar oregon cedar Cedar of Japan Northern White
Cedar Yellow Cedar (N. America) •Yellow Cedar (Australia) Clanwilliam Cedar, ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"... there is a large white cedar that is cut extensively for lumber as it is heavy
and strong; it is known as fort- Oxford cedar, oregon cedar. ..."
4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"White Cedar, oregon cedar Ginger Pine (Cal.) Pacific coast, California and Oregon.
Features of Tree. One hundred to sometimes two hundred feet in height ..."
5. First Book of Forestry by Filibert Roth (1902)
"... Orford cedar, oregon cedar, Lawson's cypress, ginger pine): A very large tree,
extensively cut for lumber ; heavier and stronger than the preceding. ..."
6. Trade Foundations Based on Producing Industries (1919)
"Along the coast from Maine to Mississippi. 47. White Cedar (Chamaecyparis
lawsoniana) (Port Orford cedar, oregon cedar, Lawson's cypress ..."
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