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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two evergreen coniferous trees (Thuja occidentalis or Chamaecyparis thyoides) of eastern North America, having scalelike leaves and light-colored wood.

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  • noun The Atlantic white cypress.
  • noun An evergreen coniferous tree of the Cupressaceae family, native to the northeastern US and southeastern Canada.
  • noun The chinaberry.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
  • noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae

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