English noun: white cedar | |||
1. | white cedar (plant) small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets | ||
Synonyms | American arborvitae, northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arborvitae | ||
Member meronym | genus Thuja, Thuja | ||
2. | white cedar (plant) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cedar, cedar tree | ||
Member meronym | Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis | ||