northern white cedar

north′ern white′ ce′dar

n.

an evergreen tree, Thuja occidentalis, of the cypress family, native to NE North America, having short, spreading branches. Also called white cedar.

[1925–30]

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northern white cedar - small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets American arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, white cedar genus Thuja, Thuja - red cedar arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis

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