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