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OREGON CEDAR

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Meaning:

Large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet

Synonyms:

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress; Oregon cedar; Port Orford cedar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Oregon cedar" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Meronyms (substance of "Oregon cedar"):

Port Orford cedar (the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree)

Holonyms ("Oregon cedar" is a member of...):

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)

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