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Port Orford cedar

Port Or·ford ce·dar [ pàwrt áwrfərd sdər ] (plural Port Or·ford ce·dars)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. wood of Port Orford cedar: a fragrant valuable wood

2. cedar of W N America: a tall evergreen tree that has leaves with white markings and yields Port Orford cedar. Native to: southwestern Oregon, northwestern California.  Latin name Chamaecyparis lawsoniana.

[After a town in SW Oregon]
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