Alaska cedar

1 :  a tall, slow-growing evergreen tree (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis synonym Xanthocyparis nootkatensis synonym Cupressus nootkatensis) of the Pacific coast of North America that has reddish to grayish-brown bark and scalelike leaves and is often cultivated for ornament

2 :  the hard, durable, yellowish wood of the Alaska cedar —called also Nootka cypress, sitka cypress, yellow cedar