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Noun: northern white cedar
  1. Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
    - American arborvitae, white cedar, Thuja occidentalis

Derived forms: northern white cedars

Type of: arborvitae

Part of: genus Thuja, Thuja, thuya

Encyclopedia: Northern white cedar