NOUN | plant | Cedrela odorata, Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree | tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes |
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Meaning | Tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes. | |
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Synonyms | Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree | |
Member of | Cedrela, genus Cedrela | Tropical American trees |
Broader | mahogany, mahogany tree | Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish |
Substances | cigar-box cedar | fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes |
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