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PORT ORFORD CEDAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("Port Orford cedar" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "Port Orford cedar"):

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

Holonyms ("Port Orford cedar" is a member of...):

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The wood of the Port Orford cedar tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Port Orford cedar" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedarwood (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)

Holonyms ("Port Orford cedar" is a substance of...):

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress; Oregon cedar; Port Orford cedar (large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet)

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