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Spanish cedar

–noun
1. a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
2. the hard, fragrant, mahoganylike brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture and esp. cigar boxes.
Also called West Indian cedar.


Origin:
1975–80
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Spanish cedar  
n.   In both senses also called cigar-box cedar.
  1. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Cedrela, especially C. odorata, having reddish aromatic wood used for cabinetwork and cigar boxes.

  2. The wood of this tree.

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