Port Orford cedar
[awr-ferd]
- a tall tree, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, of coastal Oregon, having flattened, scalelike foliage and wood highly valued as timber.
- the fragrant wood of this tree.
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Origin of Port Orford cedar
1870–75, Americanism; named after Port Orford, Oregon
Also called Lawson cypress, Oregon cedar.
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