| 单词 | yellow cedar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow cedar yellow cedar n. (a) the yellowish wood of the Australian rainforest tree Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (family Anacardiaceae); the tree itself; (b) U.S. the Nootka cypress, Cupressus nootkatensis; the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Lawson's cypress yellow cedar1840 Oregon cedar1855 Lawson cypress1858 Nootka cypress1860 Sitka cedar1875 swamp-cypress1876 Sitka cypress1884 lawsoniana1959 1840 N.Y. Spectator 16 July The poorest peasant's house [in the area of Sydney] is made of yellow cedar. 1884 N.Y. Times 5 Oct. 5/2 Red and yellow cedar..are the other trees most frequently met with. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 475/1 The yellow or Alaska cedar, a very hard and durable wood of fine grain and pleasant odour. 1957 Handbk. Softwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 61 ‘Yellow cedar’..is confined to the Pacific Coast area from Alaska south to southern Oregon. 2006 Alaska Mag. Sept. 16/1 The yellow cedar—actually a cypress, not a true cedar—has been dying in large areas of the Tongass National Forest. 2014 G. Greer White Beech 169 It is a member of the Anacardiaceae, along with Yellow Cedar, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema. < as lemmas |
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