white cedar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
    northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; American arborvitae.
  2. noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
    Atlantic white cedar; white cypress; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides.

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