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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



... other with wheat; the piece cleared on the other side of the stream by Malachi Bone, and railed in, was sown with maize, or Indian corn. As soon as the seed was in, they all set to putting up a high fence round the cleared land, which was done with split rails made from the white cedar, which grew in a swamp about half a mile distant, and which, it may be remembered, had in a great measure been provided by the soldiers who had been lent to assist them on their arrival. The piece of prairie land, on the side of the stream next to the house, was put apart ...
— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat



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



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