Port Orford cedar

Port Or·ford cedar  (ôrfrd)

n.

A tall evergreen coniferous tree (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) native to southwest Oregon and northwest California, having drooping flattened branches and opposite scalelike leaves with white markings.

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[After Port Orford, a town of southwest Oregon.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Port Orford cedar - the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree cedarwood, cedar - durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar - large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
	2.	Port Orford cedar - large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis Port Orford cedar - the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree