单词 | white cedar |
释义 | white cedarnounany of several chiefly coniferous trees valued for their wood, especially Chamaecyparis thyoides, of the eastern U.S., or Thuja occidentalis(northern white cedar ), of northeastern North America. the wood of any of these trees. Origin of white cedarAn Americanism dating back to 1665–75 Words nearby white cedarWhiteboys, white bread, white bryony, white buck, whitecap, white cedar, Whitechapel, white chip, white chocolate, “White Christmas”, white cloud Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for white cedar
British Dictionary definitions for white cedarwhite cedar nouna coniferous tree, Chamaecyparis thyoides, of swampy regions in North America, having scalelike leaves and boxlike cones: family CupressaceaeSee also cypress 1 (def. 2) the wood of this tree, which is used for building boats, etc a coniferous tree, Thuja occidentalis, of NE North America, having scalelike leaves: family CupressaceaeSee also arbor vitae the wood of this tree, much used for telegraph poles Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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