Noun: white cedar wIt see-du(r)
- 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 white cedar";
- American arborvitae, northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis, tree of life
- Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
"Southern white cedars line the coastal wetlands"; "coast white cedars line the coastal wetlands"; "Atlantic white cedars line the coastal wetlands";
- southern white cedar, coast white cedar, Atlantic white cedar, white cypress, Chamaecyparis thyoides
Derived forms: white cedars
Type of: arborvitae, cedar, cedar tree
Part of: Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis, genus Thuja, thuja, thuya
Encyclopedia: White cedar