noun
large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
• Syn: ↑Oregon cedar, ↑Port Orford cedar, ↑Lawson's cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
• Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chamaecyparis, ↑genus Chamaecyparis
• Substance Meronyms: ↑Port Orford cedar
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noun or lawson cypressUsage: usually capitalized L
Etymology: After Peter Lawson, 19th cent Scottish nurseryman
chiefly Britain : port orford cedar
Useful english dictionary. 2012.