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Arborvitae vs Cedar - What's the difference?

arborvitae | cedar |

As nouns the difference between arborvitae and cedar

is that arborvitae is any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja, genus: Platycladus and genus: Thujopsis, or the species species: Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament while cedar is a coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.

As a proper noun Cedar is

a programming language.

arborvitae

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja , , grown for timber or ornament.
  • (anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.

    • cedar

    English

    (wikipedia cedar) (Cedrus)

    Noun

  • (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
  • (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus'', ''Cupressus'', , or ''Thuja .
  • *
    • There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.
  • (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera .
  • (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

    • Derived terms

    * Alaska cedar * Alaska yellow cedar * Atlantic cedar * Atlantic white cedar * Atlas cedar * Barbados bastard cedar * Barbados cedar * bastard cedar * Bermuda cedar * Brazilian cedar * British Columbian cedar * Bussaco cedar * * Canary cedar * Cape cedar * cedar apple * cedar-apple rust * cedar ball * cedar bird * (Cedar Bluff) * (Cedar Bluffs) * (Cedar Beach) * cedar camphor * cedar chest * (Cedar City) * cedar closet * (Cedar County) * (Cedar Crest) * cedared * cedar elm * (Cedar Falls) * (Cedar Fire) * (Cedar Forest) * (Cedar Fort) * (Cedar Glen Lakes) * (Cedar Glen West) * cedar green, cedar-green * (Cedar Grove) * (Cedar Hill) * (Cedar Hill Lakes) * (Cedar Hills) * (Cedar Island) * (Cedar Key) * (Cedar Lake) * cedar leaf oil * cedar-like * cedar mahogany * cedar marble * (Cedar Mill) * (Cedar Mills) * (Cedar Mountain) * cedarn * cedar-nut * cedar of Goa * * cedar oil * (Cedar Park) * (Cedar Rapids) * (Cedar Revolution) * (Cedar River) * cedar robe * cedar shake * cedar shingle * cedar siding * (Cedar Springs) * cedar-swamp * (Cedar Township) * (Cedar Vale) * (Cedar Valley) * cedar waxwing * cedar-wood, cedarwood * cedar wood oil * cedary * Chilean cedar * Chinese cedar * cigar-box cedar * coast white cedar * Cyprus cedar * deodar cedar * Dominica cedar * east African cedar * eastern red cedar * East Indian cedar * falsa cedar * Goa cedar * ground cedar * Himalayan cedar * Honduras cedar * incense cedar * Jamaica cedar * Japan cedar * Japanese cedar * Lawson's cedar * Lebanon cedar * Mexican cedar * Nootka cedar * oil of cedar * Oregon cedar * Oregon white cedar * pencil cedar * pencil-wood cedar * Philippine cedar * Port Orford white cedar * prickly cedar * red Australian cedar * red Californian cedar * red cedar * redcedar * Russian cedar * salt cedar * Singapore cedar * southern red cedar * southern white cedar * Spanish cedar * stinking cedar * true cedar * Turkish cedar * Virginia red cedar * water cedar * West Indian cedar * white cedar * whitecedar * yellow cedar

    Related terms

    * cedr- * * cedrelaceous * cedrelate * cedrine

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