yellow cedar

Meanings

nounyellow cedar (plural yellow cedars)

Any of various trees:
1. Cupressus nootkatensis, native to northwestern North America
2. Palicourea croceoides
3. Thuja occidentalis, native to northeastern North America

nountall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament

Similar

yellow cypressNootka cypressAlaska cedarChamaecyparis nootkatensis

Broader

cedarcedar tree

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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