white cedar: Meaning and Definition of

white' ce'dar

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  1. any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, esp. Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalisof northeastern North America.
  2. the wood of any of these trees.
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