Mountain Hemlock (Noun)
Meaning
Large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The mountain hemlock trees towered above us, their branches swaying gently in the mountain breeze.
- In the Pacific Northwest, mountain hemlock is often used for making tool handles due to its hard and durable wood.
- The large evergreen tree identified by the park ranger was a mountain hemlock, native to the western United States.
- The furniture maker preferred to work with mountain hemlock wood, which he found to be stronger than Canadian hemlock.
- The dense forest was dominated by mountain hemlock trees, their trunks covered in thick moss and ferns.