white cedar

/waɪt ˌsidər/

/hwaɪt ˌsidər/

/waɪt ˈsidə/

Other forms: white cedars

Definitions of white cedar

1. noun

   slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
   synonyms: Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cypress

   type of:

   cedar, cedar tree

   any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
2. noun

   small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
   synonyms: American arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, northern white cedar

   type of:

   arborvitae

   any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis