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Meanings of Chamaecyparis thyoides in English

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

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        Examples for "southern white cedar"
        Examples for "southern white cedar"
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        Doherty went slogging through the reservation's Cedar Swamp to take photographs of the bark from Atlantic white cedars, red oaks, and hickory trees.
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        A northern white cedar overshadowed the backyard, but there was no dog.
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        The whole is covered with a double roof of bark of white cedar.
        Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
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        The others stood under an old white cedar tree that shadowed all round.
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        These were constructed from the trunk of a single tree, usually white cedar.
        First Across the Continent / The Story of the Exploring Expediti...
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        Thinner planks were made out of the white cedar, which splits very freely.
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