Alaska cedar

noun

variants or less commonly Alaska yellow cedar or Alaska cypress

1

: a tall, slow-growing evergreen tree (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis synonym Xanthocyparis nootkatensis synonym Cupressus nootkatensis) of the Pacific coast of North America that has reddish to grayish-brown bark and scalelike leaves and is often cultivated for ornament

2

: the hard, durable, yellowish wood of the Alaska cedar

called also Nootka cypress, sitka cypress, yellow cedar

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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