White cedar Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; American arborvitae.
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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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(Bot.) , an evergreen tree of North America (Thuja occidentalis ), also the relatedCupressus thyoides , orChamæcyparis sphæroidea , a slender evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much valued for their durable timber. In California the name is given to theLibocedrus decurrens , the timber of which is also useful, though often subject to dry rot. Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a lofty tree (Icica, ∨ Bursera, altissima ) whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as it is not attacked by insect.