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    WHITE CEDAR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Atlantic white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; white cedar; white cypress

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

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

    Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

    genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)

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