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Cedar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Cedar has 3 senses
- cedar(n = noun.plant) cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars; Array is a member of cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae
- cedar(n = noun.plant) cedarwood - durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests; Array has particulars: red cedar, port orford cedar
- cedar(n = noun.plant) cedar tree, true cedar - any cedar of the genus Cedrus; Array is a member of cedrus, genus cedrus
has particulars: austrocedrus chilensis, chilean cedar, calocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, libocedrus decurrens, red cedar, atlantic white cedar, chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cedar, white cypress, chamaecyparis lawsoniana, lawson's cedar, lawson's cypress, oregon cedar, port orford cedar, alaska cedar, chamaecyparis nootkatensis, nootka cypress, yellow cedar, yellow cypress, cryptomeria japonica, japan cedar, japanese cedar, sugi, incense cedar, kawaka, libocedrus plumosa, libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine, pahautea
is a kind of conifer, coniferous tree
is a kind of wood
has particulars: cedar of lebanon, cedrus libani, cedrus deodara, deodar, deodar cedar, himalayan cedar, atlas cedar, cedrus atlantica
is a kind of conifer, coniferous tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cedar, n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros.].
The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. [1913 Webster]
" The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani ; the white cedar (Cupressus thyoides ) is now called Chamœcyparis sphæroidea ; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana ; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata . Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar ."
[1913 Webster]
Cedar, a.
Of or pertaining to cedar. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cedar, n.
1 any spreading evergreen conifer of the genus Cedrus, bearing tufts of small needles and cones of papery scales.
2 any of various similar conifers yielding timber.
3 (in full cedar wood) the fragrant durable wood of any cedar tree.
1 any spreading evergreen conifer of the genus Cedrus, bearing tufts of small needles and cones of papery scales.
2 any of various similar conifers yielding timber.
3 (in full cedar wood) the fragrant durable wood of any cedar tree.
Derivative
cedarn adj. poet.
Etymology
ME f. OF cedre f. L cedrus f. Gk kedros
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