tsuga heterophylla

1. 1.

   tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree

   Synonymswestern hemlockPacific hemlockwest coast hemlock

   Broaderhemlock

Questions about tsuga heterophylla

What does tsuga heterophylla mean?

tsuga heterophylla means "tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree".

What is another word for tsuga heterophylla?

Close synonyms include western hemlock, Pacific hemlock, west coast hemlock. 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.