white cedar

n 1: small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny

scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets [syn: {American

arborvitae}, {northern white cedar}, {Thuja occidentalis}]

2: slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United

States; resembles American arborvitae [syn: {southern

white cedar}, {coast white cedar}, {Atlantic white cedar},

{white cypress}, {Chamaecyparis thyoides}]