white cedar

Meanings

nounwhite cedar (plural white cedars)

In family Cupressaceae (gymnosperms)
1. An Atlantic white cypress (Chamaecyparis thyoides).
  Synonyms: Atlantic white cedar
2. An evergreen coniferous tree, of species Thuja occidentalis, native to the northeastern US and southeastern Canada.
  Synonyms: American arborvitae, arborvitae, eastern arborvitae, eastern whitecedar, northern whitecedar, swamp-cedar
3. A Mexican white cedar (Cupressus lusitanica)
  Synonyms: chinaberry, Persian lilac, Cape lilac, bead tree
Among angiosperms:
1. A chinaberry shrub (Melia azedarach), in family Meliaceae.
2. A tree of species Tabebuia heterophylla, of the Caribbean and South America, in family Bignoniaceae.

nounAn Atlantic white cypress (Chamaecyparis thyoides).

Similar

Atlantic white cedar

nounAn evergreen coniferous tree, of species Thuja occidentalis, native to the northeastern US and southeastern Canada.

Similar

American arborvitaearborvitaeeastern arborvitaeeastern whitecedarnorthern whitecedarswamp-cedar

nounA Mexican white cedar (Cupressus lusitanica)

nounsmall evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

Similar

American arborvitaenorthern white cedarThuja occidentalis

Broader

nounslow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae

Similar

southern white cedarcoast white cedarAtlantic white cedarwhite cypressChamaecyparis thyoides

Broader

cedarcedar tree

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Polish żywotnik zachodni

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