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Port Orford cedar
[ awr-ferd ]
noun
- a tall tree, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, of coastal Oregon, having flattened, scalelike foliage and wood highly valued as timber.
- the fragrant wood of this tree.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Port Orford cedar1
1870–75, Americanism; named after Port Orford, Oregon
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