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LAWSON'S CEDAR
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I. (noun)
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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:
Hypernyms ("Lawson's cedar" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Meronyms (substance of "Lawson's cedar"):
Port Orford cedar (the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree)
Holonyms ("Lawson's cedar" is a member of...):
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)