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Pacific Northwest

noun

A region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia.

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... from the original trees. Those nuts when planted produce second generation trees, and the nuts from these second generation trees are a little larger than the original or first generation, which is due to the peculiar soil and climatic conditions of the Pacific Northwest, so well adapted to nut culture. Trees grown from second generation nuts retrograde very rapidly, producing nuts not half so large as even the first generation trees, and finally running out altogether. Hence it is very essential that ...

— Walnut Growing in Oregon • Various

... opportunity for those with peculiar qualifications, is the management of the cooeperative forest work carried on by timber owners in many localities, often jointly with State and Government. This movement originated in the Pacific Northwest, where it still has the highest development, but is extending to the Lake States, ...

— The Training of a Forester • Gifford Pinchot

Words linked to "Pacific Northwest" : WA, Washington, U.S.A., geographical area, USA, United States, U.S., geographic region, geographic area, the States, geographical region, OR, America, US, British Columbia, Beaver State, Evergreen State, United States of America, Oregon