1. Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
   "white cypresses line the coastal wetlands";
   - southern white cedar, coast white cedar, Atlantic white cedar, white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides

Derived forms: white cypresses

Type of: cedar, cedar tree

Part of: Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis

Encyclopedia: White cypress