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