NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern white cedar mean? 

• NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American arborvitae; northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; white cedar

Hypernyms ("northern white cedar" is a kind of...):

arborvitae (any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis)

Holonyms ("northern white cedar" is a member of...):

genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)