white cedar

noun

Definition of white cedar

1 : an aromatic evergreen swamp tree (Chamaecyparis thyoides) of the cypress family that occurs along the eastern coast of the U.S. and has branchlets in fan-shaped sprays and small round cones also : its wood

2 : northern white cedar

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The laminated white cedar home stretches 8 by 24 feet and weighs 5,700 pounds. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Solar-powered houseboat takes tiny living on water," 3 July 2018 Harrington Beach State Park, Belgium This state park has a little bit of everything: one mile of sandy beach along Lake Michigan, a scenic lake in an old quarry, restored wetlands and a white cedar and hardwood swamp. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "5 kid-friendly hikes under 2 miles in the Milwaukee area," 4 May 2018 The swamp encompasses stands of white cedar as well as black ash. — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "214 acres of landscape sponges added to Milwaukee area flood control," 18 Dec. 2017 Fueled in part by a popular crime novel, Seicho Matsumoto’s Tower of Wave, distraught teens and other troubled souls straggle through the 7,680-acre confusion of pine, boxwood and white cedar. — Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian, "Why Mount Fuji Endures As a Powerful Force in Japan," 29 May 2017

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