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Definition of Pacific hemlock
1. Noun. Tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree.
Generic synonyms: Hemlock, Hemlock Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Hemlock
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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