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单词 oxycedar
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oxycedarn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin oxycedros.
Etymology: < classical Latin oxycedros the prickly cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ὀξύκεδρος (Theophrastus) < ancient Greek ὀξυ- oxy- comb. form1 + κέδρος cedar n. Compare French oxycèdre (1611 in Cotgrave).
Obsolete.
The prickly juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, a spiny-leaved juniper of the Mediterranean region.
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 335 Bellonius affirmeth that Charcoals made out of the wood of Oxycedar are white. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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