English > cedar: 3 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars. |
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| Synonym | cedar tree |
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| Member of | Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family | cypresses and junipers and many cedars |
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| Narrower | Chilean cedar, Austrocedrus chilensis | A small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage |
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| Japanese cedar, Japan cedar, sugi, Cryptomeria japonica | tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood |
| Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar, Lawson's cypress, Lawson's cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet |
| incense cedar | Any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood |
| incense cedar, red cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens | tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark |
| kawaka, Libocedrus plumosa | New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress |
| pahautea, Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine | evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka |
| southern white cedar, coast white cedar, Atlantic white cedar, white cypress, white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides | Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States |
| yellow cypress, yellow cedar, Nootka cypress, Alaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament |
| Broader | conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
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| Substances | cedar, cedarwood | durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar ... / cedar trees |
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| Spanish | cedro |
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| Catalan | cedre |
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