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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
white cedar, 
    1. Plant Biologyany of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, esp. Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar,) of northeastern North America.
    2. Plant Biologythe wood of any of these trees.
    • 1665–75, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
white cedar n
  1. a coniferous tree, Chamaecyparis thyoides, of swampy regions in North America, having scalelike leaves and boxlike cones: family Cupressaceae
    See also cypress1
  2. a coniferous tree, Thuja occidentalis, of NE North America, having scalelike leaves: family Cupressaceae
    See also arbor vitae
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