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western red cedar

noun

  1. an arborvitae, Thuja plicata, of western North America, grown as an ornamental.
  2. the soft, fragrant, reddish wood of this tree, used in the construction of houses, in shipbuilding, for making boxes, etc.


western red cedar

noun

  1. a large North American arbor vitae, Thuja plicata, found along and near the Pacific coast
  2. the wood of this tree, used by North American Indians for building and for carving totem poles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of western red cedar1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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Example Sentences

The remainder were sugar pine, noble fir, red fir, incense cedar, western red cedar, mountain hemlock and western hemlock.

The PropagationNation website also recommends planting redwoods in areas where native western red cedar, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and big leaf maple already grow.

Buhl and colleagues found a similar pattern with western red cedar.

Beneath a standing canopy of western red cedar on a shady knoll near the entrance to the property, the Renaissance Garden references the tribe’s relatively brief history with the lumber mill in Port Gamble.

From a cultural point of view, western red cedar became far more widespread and abundant than previously.

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