western hemlock

American  

noun

1. a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.

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western hemlock British  

noun

1. a North American coniferous evergreen tree, Tsuga heterophylla, having hanging branches and oblong cones: family Pinaceae

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Example Sentences

The PropagationNation website also recommends planting redwoods in areas where native western red cedar, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and big leaf maple already grow.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

The remainder were sugar pine, noble fir, red fir, incense cedar, western red cedar, mountain hemlock and western hemlock.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2023

Douglas fir, western hemlock and western red cedar saw the worst of it.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Currently it is unknown if the pathogen is the direct cause of the symptoms found on mature western hemlock and Douglas fir trees.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021

Photomicrograph of a small block of western hemlock.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.