chamaecyparis nootkatensis

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   tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament

   Synonymsyellow cypressyellow cedarNootka cypressAlaska cedar

   Broadercedar

   Part ofChamaecyparis

Questions about chamaecyparis nootkatensis

What does chamaecyparis nootkatensis mean?

chamaecyparis nootkatensis means "tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament".

What is another word for chamaecyparis nootkatensis?

Close synonyms include yellow cypress, yellow cedar, Nootka cypress, Alaska cedar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chamaecyparis nootkatensis a common word?

chamaecyparis nootkatensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.