| 单词 | western red cedar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswestern red cedar western red cedar n. a large columnar conifer, Thuja plicata, native to western North America; (also) the reddish-brown timber of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > North American arrowwood1578 white pine1682 wicopy1704 American olive1772 pumpkin pine1809 mountain mahogany1810 redwood1819 western yellow pine1857 western hemlock1867 western red cedar1874 Sitka cedar1875 ponderosa1878 walking stick1910 1874 Ann. Rep. Iowa State Hort. Soc. 1873 198 With me it has proved valuable as a post, lasting side by side equally with our western Red Cedar. 1930 W. E. Hiley Econ. Forestry viii. 129 An example of a tree which is being cultivated to an increasing extent in Britain..is Thuja plicata, the western red cedar. 2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Sept. 46/2 (advt.) Famous for its post-and-beam structures of Western red cedar featuring ‘prows’ of south-facing windows to utilize solar energy. < as lemmas |
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