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white cedar

noun

  1. any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis northern white cedar, of northeastern North America.
  2. the wood of any of these trees.


white cedar

noun

  1. a coniferous tree, Chamaecyparis thyoides, of swampy regions in North America, having scalelike leaves and boxlike cones: family Cupressaceae See also cypress 1
  2. the wood of this tree, which is used for building boats, etc
  3. a coniferous tree, Thuja occidentalis, of NE North America, having scalelike leaves: family Cupressaceae See also arbor vitae
  4. the wood of this tree, much used for telegraph poles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of white cedar1

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
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Example Sentences

For long he staggered under his heavy pack through thickets of scrub oak, white-cedar swamps, and tangles of greenthorn.

The soil is good, and is covered with a very heavy growth of pine and white cedar timber.

I saw some trees of white cedar that were seven feet in diameter, and at least one hundred and fifty feet high.

The prevailing growth at this place is thick bramble, spruce, white cedar, and tamarak.

But I suppose it is settled beyond dispute that white cedar stands at the head for boat streaks.

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