| 1. | any of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, esp. 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 n. Either of two North American evergreen trees (Thuja occidentalis or Chamaecyparis thyoides) having light-colored wood. |