northern white cedar vs Thuja occidentalis

northern white cedar and Thuja occidentalis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
northern white cedar	Yes	No	No	No
Thuja occidentalis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, northern white cedar and Thuja occidentalis are synonyms defined as:

northern white cedar and Thuja occidentalis: small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

Other synonyms of northern white cedar include American arborvitae, white cedar.

northern white cedar (noun)	Thuja occidentalis (noun)
small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets	small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets