white cedar

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white cedar

noun white cedars

  1. An Atlantic white cypress (Chamaecyparis thyoides).

    Similar: Atlantic white cedar

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

    Similar: American arborvitae, arborvitae, eastern arborvitae, eastern whitecedar, northern whitecedar, swamp-cedar

  3. A Mexican white cedar (Cupressus lusitanica)

    Similar: chinaberry, Persian lilac, Cape lilac, bead tree

  4. A chinaberry shrub (Melia azedarach), in family Meliaceae.
  5. A tree of species Tabebuia heterophylla, of the Caribbean and South America, in family Bignoniaceae.

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@misc{white_cedar_2026,
  title = {white cedar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20cedar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}