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cedar

[ see-der ]

noun

  1. any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Compare cedar of Lebanon.
  2. any of various junipers, as the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of the cypress family, having reddish-brown bark and dark-blue, berrylike fruit.
  3. any of various other coniferous trees. Compare incense cedar, white cedar.
  4. any of several trees belonging to the genus Cedrela, of the mahogany family, as the Spanish cedar.
  5. Also called cedarwood. the fragrant wood of any of these trees, used in furniture and as a moth repellent.


cedar

/ ˈsiːdə /

noun

  1. any Old World coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus, having spreading branches, needle-like evergreen leaves, and erect barrel-shaped cones: family Pinaceae See also cedar of Lebanon deodar
  2. any of various other conifers, such as the red cedars and white cedars
  3. the wood of any of these trees
  4. any of certain other plants, such as the Spanish cedar


adjective

  1. made of the wood of a cedar tree

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cedar1

before 1000; Middle English cedir, Old English ceder < Latin cedrus < Greek kédros; replacing Middle English cedre < Old French < Latin, as above

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cedar1

C13: from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Greek kedros

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Example Sentences

The four-mile Coy Bald Trail cuts through cedar and oak forests, while the connected and rugged six-mile Long Creek Trail leads to a slew of scenic waterfalls.

The surveyors marked the corners of each section with whatever was geographically convenient, such as cedar posts in the Northwest and piles of rocks in Arizona.

After many more years being carried in currents of water and air, our intrepid atom once again settles, this time on a cedar of Bsharri, Lebanon, and helps to build long molecular chains to form cellulose in this long-lived conifer.

Mike made the table himself and is going to add cedar planking to the exterior.

Three-thousand-foot vertical runs of widely spaced fir, hemlock, and cedar trees awaited us.

Without overshadowing his talented counterparts, Cedar commands the stage with a meticulous mix of stoicism and candor.

I was there at one of the first gigs by Julian Casablancas and the Voidz at SXSW, in Cedar Street Courtyard.

Marianne Stewart of Cedar Falls needed repeated prodding to recall that she had caucused for Santorum.

The memory came more quickly for her friend, Jan Mundt, formerly of Cedar Falls and now of Florida.

It also remains unclear whether traditional practices such as aging tobacco in cedar or other woods might run afoul of the ban.

They were delivered in due time, and packed in a richly-mounted cedar chest, were sent to the royal recipient.

Two of the chimneys have tunnels carved through the bases, and cedar trees appear to grow out of the rock.

The celebrated African farmer of Cedar creek, Del., died, almost 118 years of age.

The Darwood farmhouse set back from the road, among some cedar trees.

It was built of logs and roofed with rough cedar shingles hand-split on the spot.

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