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white cedar

DEFINITIONS OF: white cedar

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n slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae

Synonyms:
Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cypress
Type of:
cedar, cedar tree
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

n small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

Synonyms:
American arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, northern white cedar
Type of:
arborvitae
any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
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