Port Orford cedar

Port Orford cedar
/awr"feuhrd/
1. a tall tree, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, of coastal Oregon, having flattened, scalelike foliage and wood highly valued as timber.
2. the fragrant wood of this tree. Also called Lawson cypress, Oregon cedar.
[1870-75, Amer.; named after Port Orford, Oregon]

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  • Port Orford cedar — noun 1. the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree • Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedarwood • Substance Holonyms: ↑Oregon cedar, ↑Lawson s cypress, ↑Lawson s cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 2. large timber …   Useful english dictionary

  • Port Orford-cedar — Lausono puskiparisis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kiparisinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis augalas (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Port Orford — Luftbild des Hafens Lage in Oregon Curry County Oregon Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Port Orford Highlighted.svg …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Port Orford, Oregon — Infobox Settlement official name = Port Orford, Oregon settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = 200px image caption = 1990 Aerial view of Port Orford image image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location in Oregon mapsize1 = map… …   Wikipedia

  • Port Orford — ▪ Oregon, United States       city, Curry county, southwestern Oregon, U.S., on the Pacific Coast. The coastal area was sighted in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver (Vancouver, George), the English navigator, who named it in honour of the earl of… …   Universalium

  • Cedar (disambiguation) — Cedar, in a strict botanical sense, refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae.In common usage, the Cypress family of trees are often labeled as Cedars.Cedar may also refer to: Coniferous trees of… …   Wikipedia

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  • Oregon cedar — noun large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet • Syn: ↑Port Orford cedar, ↑Lawson s cypress, ↑Lawson s cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis lawsoniana • Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lawson's cedar — noun large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet • Syn: ↑Oregon cedar, ↑Port Orford cedar, ↑Lawson s cypress, ↑Chamaecyparis lawsoniana • Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lawsons cedar — Lausono puskiparisis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kiparisinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis augalas (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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