DCHP-1 Online
canoe cedar [so called because it was used by coastal Indians for making dugout canoes] Pacific Coast 
1 See 1936 quote.
- 1936 WESTERN RED CEDAR (Thuja plicata) [is] also called . . . Canoe cedar, Western Cedar, Shingle Cedar.
- 1954 Paul had a canoe cedar down near the river, at the lower end of the wood claim. . . .
2 a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.
See also: yellow cedar
- 1935 The yellow cypress . . . is known under various names . . . yellow cedar, Alaska cedar, canoe cedar . . . and is confined to the Pacific Coast.
- 1956 YELLOW CEDAR Chamaecyparis nootkatensis . . . [is also called] . . . canoe cedar.
- 1936 WESTERN RED CEDAR (Thuja plicata) [is] also called . . . Canoe cedar, Western Cedar, Shingle Cedar.