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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, evergreen, eastern North American tree (Juniperus virginiana) having scalelike or awl-shaped leaves and fleshy, purplish-black seed cones.
- noun A tall, evergreen, western North American tree (Thuja plicata) having flattened branches, scalelike opposite leaves, and small, ovoid seed cones.
- noun The reddish, aromatic, durable wood of either of these trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an evergreen tree of the
juniper family having reddish wood and found inNorth America . - noun an evergreen tree of the
arbor vitae family with reddish wood, found in North America. - noun an evergreen tree of the
mahogany family with reddish wood, found inAustralia . - noun the wood of any of these trees.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
- noun fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
- noun large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
- noun tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
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