white cedar †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of cedar, Thuja occidentalis, found from southern Manitoba eastward; also, the soft, brittle wood of this tree.

Quotations

1760

There are two kinds of cedar trees, white and red; the white is the largest, and serves to make shingles. . . .

1864

This building, made of squared timbers of white cedar . . . placed upon each other was in good preservation.

1966

White birch, white cedar . . . and a half a dozen other tree species had their special uses.