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White cedar   /waɪt sˈidər/   Listen
White cedar

noun
1.
Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets.  Synonyms: American arborvitae, northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis.
2.
Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae.  Synonyms: Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cypress.






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"White cedar" Quotes from Famous Books



... edges of the valley awaiting the call of the Onondagas for participation in the Maple Dance, and the great and fateful council afterward. And since they did not know whether this council was for peace or for war, every sachem had brought with him a bundle of white cedar fagots that typified peace, and also a bundle of red cedar ...
— The Hunters of the Hills • Joseph Altsheler



Words linked to "White cedar" :   genus Thuja, cedar tree, genus Chamaecyparis, Thuja, Chamaecyparis, cedar, arborvitae



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