Noun: northern white cedar
- Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
"Northern white cedars are popular for hedges"; "There was a hedge of northern white cedar";
- American arborvitae, white cedar, Thuja occidentalis, tree of life
Derived forms: northern white cedars
Type of: arborvitae
Part of: genus Thuja, thuja, thuya
Encyclopedia: Northern white cedar