Noun: Alaska cedar u'las-ku'see-du(r)
- Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
"Alaska cedars can live for over a thousand years";
- yellow cypress, yellow cedar, Nootka cypress, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Type of: cedar, cedar tree
Part of: Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis
Encyclopedia: Alaska cedar