noun
tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
• Syn: ↑western hemlock, ↑west coast hemlock, ↑Tsuga heterophylla
• Hypernyms: ↑hemlock, ↑hemlock tree
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nounUsage: usually capitalized P
1. : western hemlock
2. : the wood of the Pacific hemlock tree
Useful english dictionary. 2012.