northern white cedar

northern white cedar

noun
See under white cedar (def. 1).

Origin:
1925–30

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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.

Origin:
1665–75, Americanism
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northern white cedar

ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to eastern North America. In the lumber trade it is called, among other names, white cedar, eastern white cedar, and New Brunswick cedar.

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