white cedar

white cedar

n.

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

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white cedar

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a coniferous tree, Chamaecyparis thyoides, of swampy regions in North America, having scalelike leaves and boxlike cones: family Cupressaceae See also cypress¹ [2]

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of this tree, which is used for building boats, etc.

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a coniferous tree, Thuja occidentalis, of NE North America, having scalelike leaves: family Cupressaceae See also arbor vitae

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of this tree, much used for telegraph poles

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