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WHITE CEDAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 cedar; white cypress
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white cedar" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("white cedar" is a member of...):
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
Synonyms:
American arborvitae; northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; white cedar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("white cedar" is a kind of...):
arborvitae (any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis)
Holonyms ("white cedar" is a member of...):
genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)