Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of coniferous trees, of the tribe Abietineæ, including the hemlocks, and intermediate between Picea, the spruce, and Abies, the fir.
- noun A tree of this genus.
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- noun
Tsuga , a genus ofconifers in the familyPinaceae . There are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring inNorth America and four to six in easternAsia . Unlikepoison hemlock (Conium), the various species of Tsuga are notpoisonous .
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- noun hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce
Etymologies
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From Japanese 栂 (ツガ)
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Examples
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First shown is the trunk of one of the hemlocks, tsuga canadensis, that form a privacy screen along the top of our hill.
Bark « Fairegarden 2008
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Tropæolium peregrinum trowels trumpet creeper tsuga species tuberose tubers, culture of tub-plants, transplanting tulips, culture of tulip tree turnip
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His secretary was to get the clangula to turpentine overside his tsuga to end the gaelic saturnism for planless lounge.
Rational Review 2009
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