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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ce•dar /ˈsidɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology an evergreen, cone-bearing tree having wide, spreading branches and red wood:[countable]tall cedars growing by the water.
- Plant Biology, Furniture[uncountable] the sweet-smelling wood of this tree, used in furniture and to keep moths away.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ce•dar (sē′dər),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Cf. cedar of Lebanon.
- Plant Biologyany of various junipers, as the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of the cypress family, having reddish-brown bark and dark-blue, berrylike fruit.
- Plant Biologyany of various other coniferous trees. Cf. incense cedar, white cedar.
- Plant Biologyany of several trees belonging to the genus Cedrela, of the mahogany family, as the Spanish cedar.
- Plant Biology, FurnitureAlso called cedarwood. the fragrant wood of any of these trees, used in furniture and as a moth repellent.
- Latin, as above
- Old French
- Greek kédros; replacing Middle English cedre
- Latin cedrus
- Middle English cedir, Old English ceder bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cedar /ˈsiːdə/ n - 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 - any of various other conifers, such as the red cedars and white cedars
- the wood of any of these trees
adj - made of the wood of a cedar tree
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Greek kedros |