DCHP-2

canoe cedar [so called because it was used by coastal Indians for making dugout canoes] Pacific Coast DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 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.