DCHP-2

yellow cedar DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.

  See also: canoe cedar (def. 2)  cypress (def. 3)  Nootka cypress  yellow cypress  

  • 1894  The coast forests are . . . composed of spruce, hemlock and yellow cedar only.
  • 1965  A man stands beside a yellow cedar tree overlooking the Nimpkish Valley in British Columbia.