cedar
nounUK /ˈsiː.də/ · US /ˈsi.dɚ/
Etymology From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros). Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from Old English ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely. Possible doublet of citrus.
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A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
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A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
- There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
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A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
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The aromatic wood from a tree of genus Cedrus or from any of several not closely related trees.
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169 terms
Alaska cedar, Alaska yellow cedar, Atlantic cedar, Atlantic white cedar, Atlas cedar, Australian red cedar, Barbados bastard cedar, Barbados cedar, bastard cedar*, bay cedar*, Bermuda cedar, Brazilian cedar, British Columbia cedar, British Columbian cedar, Burma cedar, Bussaco cedar, California calocedar, Californian white cedar, California white cedar, calocedar, Canary cedar, Cape cedar, cedar apple, cedar-apple rust, cedar ball, Cedar Beach, cedar beetle, cedar bird, cedarbird, Cedar Bluff, Cedar Bluffs, Cedar Brush Creek, cedar camphor, cedar chest, Cedar City, cedar closet, Cedar County, Cedar Creek, Cedar Crest, cedared, cedar elm, Cedar Falls, cedar fever, 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, cedarlike, cedar mahogany, cedar mangrove, cedar marble, Cedar Mill, Cedar Mills, Cedar Mountain, cedarn, cedar-nut, cedar of Goa, cedar of Lebanon, cedar oil, Cedar Park, Cedar Party, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Revolution, Cedar River, cedar robe, cedar shake, cedar shingle, cedar siding, Cedar Springs, cedar-swamp, Cedartown, Cedar Township, Cedar Vale, Cedar Valley, cedarware, cedar water, cedar waxwing, cedar-wood, cedarwood, cedar wood oil, cedary, cedrene, Chilean cedar, Chilean incense cedar, Chinese cedar, cigar-box cedar (Cedrela odorata, Clanwilliam cedar, coast white cedar, Cuban cedar, Cyprus cedar (Cedrus libani var. brevifolia, deodar cedar, Dominica cedar, East African cedar, east African cedar, eastern red cedar, East Indian cedar, false cedar, giant cedar, Goa cedar, ground cedar, Lycopodium clavatum, L. complanatum, etc.), Himalayan cedar, Honduras cedar, incense cedar, incense-cedar, Indian cedar, Jamaica cedar, Japan cedar, Japanese cedar, Lawson's cedar, Lebanese cedar, Lebanon cedar, Mexican cedar, Milanji cedar, Mlanje cedar, Mulanje cedar, Moulmein cedar, mountain cedar, Nootka cedar, oil of cedar, Oregon cedar, Oregon white cedar, pencil cedar*, pencil-wood cedar, Philippine cedar, pink cedar, Port Orford cedar, Port Orford white cedar, post cedar, prickly cedar, Queensland red cedar, red Australian cedar, red Californian cedar, red cedar*, redcedar, Russian cedar (Pinus sibirica, Pinus cembra(, salt cedar, sharp cedar, Siberian cedar, Singapore cedar, southern red cedar, southern white cedar, Spanish cedar, stink cedar*, stinking cedar, Texas cedar elm, true cedar, Turkish cedar, Virginia red cedar, western red cedar, West Indian cedar, white cedar*, whitecedar, yellow cedar, entry for additional derived terms- Related terms
- cedr-, Cedrela, cedrelaceous, cedrine