mountain hemlock

noun

Tsuga mertensiana, a North American hemlock.

Similar
Patton's hemlockPatton's spruceblack hemlockTsuga mertensiana

Meanings

nounmountain hemlock (plural mountain hemlocks)

plural mountain hemlocks

  1. Tsuga mertensiana, a North American hemlock.

    Synonyms: Patton's hemlock, Patton's spruce

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTsuga mertensiana, a North American hemlock.

More synonyms by meaning

nounlarge evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock

Similar
black hemlockTsuga mertensiana
Broader
hemlockhemlock tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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