Lawson's cedar
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- noun
- /ˈlɔːsənz ˈsiːdər/
- Specialized
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cedro de Lawson
- Lawson's cedar can grow to heights of 200 feet, making it one of the tallest trees in North America.
Examples
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In the forest, Lawson's cedar stands out with its impressive trunk diameter, reaching up to 12 feet.
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The carpenter used Lawson's cedar for the house’s beams because of its strength and durability.
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In Nigella Lawson's book Nigella Christmas, she has a great recipe for something or another...
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Synonyms
A large tree from western North America with strong wood people use for outdoor furniture
A large evergreen tree like a cedar that is grown for its strong wood and for gardens
A large evergreen tree from the Pacific coast with blue green leaves and strong wood
A large evergreen tree with a tall straight trunk and strong wood used for building
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Morphology
Lawson's + cedar
This is a straightforward eponymous noun phrase: 'Lawson's' identifies an owner or namesake and 'cedar' denotes the tree type, so a learner who knows both constituents will infer it is a particular kind of cedar. The meaning (a cedar species or variety associated with Lawson) follows standard noun + modifier composition and is cross-linguistically transparent, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The name Lawson's cedar likely comes from a plant collector called Lawson who sent the first samples to Europe, so people put his name before the word cedar. That's why today Lawson's cedar means this particular large timber tree.