white cedar

white cedar

n.

Either of two North American evergreen trees (Thuja occidentalis or Chamaecyparis thyoides) having light-colored wood.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	white cedar - small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets American arborvitae, northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis genus Thuja, Thuja - red cedar arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
	2.	white cedar - slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cypress cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis