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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cade1 (kād),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade,) used in treating skin diseases. Cf. juniper tar.
- Provencal; akin to Late Latin catanum; perh. origin, originally a plant name in a substratum language of the Alps and Pyrenees
- Middle French
- 1565–75
- Dialect Terms[Eastern New Eng. and Brit.](of the young of animals) abandoned or left by the mother and raised by humans:a cade lamb.
- late Middle English cad(e), of obscure origin, originally 1425–75
- a combining form extracted from cavalcade, used with the meaning "procession'' in the formation of compound words:motorcade; tractorcade.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Cade /keɪd/ n - Jack. died 1450, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against the misgovernment of Henry VI (1450)
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