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Definition of Tsuga
1. Noun. Hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Pinaceae, Pinaceae, Pine Family
Member holonyms: Hemlock, Hemlock Tree
Definition of Tsuga
1. Noun. ''' ''Tsuga''' '' (from Japanese: ? (??) is a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. There are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia. Unlike poison hemlock (''Conium''), the various species of ''Tsuga'' are not poisonous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsuga
Literary usage of Tsuga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"Picea sitchensis drops out before the Cascade Mountains are crossed, while tsuga
and Thuja change from primary to secondary rank. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"are typically developed in Sequoia, Abies and tsuga. They always form a continuous
series extending in a direction parallel with the axis of growth; ..."
3. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"One of these lies (with the exception as above of tsuga) at each lateral margin
of the leaf close to the "upper surface; either this alone is present, ..."
4. Managing Forest Ecosystems to Conserve Fungus Diversity and Sustain Wild edited by David Pilz, Randy Molina (1998)
"Conference Presentations on Diversity and Conservation of Forest Fungi Study 1:
Ecology of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Old- Growth Pseudotsuga menziesii-tsuga ..."
5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Hemlock (tsuga Canadensis, Carr.)—A broadly pyramidal tree, 6o to ioo feet high,
with tapering leading shoot and pendulous horizontal limbs. ..."
6. Alaska by Edward Henry Harriman, Clinton Hart Merriam (1901)
"This is the same species (tsuga mertensiana Sarg.) which grows on the High Sierra
of California near the timber line. COLUMBIA GLACIER, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ..."
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