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CEDAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any cedar of the genus Cedrus

Synonyms:

cedar; cedar tree; true cedar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cedar" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (substance of "cedar"):

cedar; cedarwood (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cedar"):

cedar of Lebanon; Cedrus libani (cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height)

Cedrus deodara; deodar; deodar cedar; Himalayan cedar (tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber)

Atlas cedar; Cedrus atlantica (tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("cedar" is a member of...):

Cedrus; genus Cedrus (true cedars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests

Synonyms:

cedar; cedarwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cedar" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cedar"):

red cedar (fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees)

Port Orford cedar (the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree)

Holonyms ("cedar" is a substance of...):

cedar; cedar tree; true cedar (any cedar of the genus Cedrus)

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

Synonyms:

cedar; cedar tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cedar" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (substance of "cedar"):

cedar; cedarwood (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cedar"):

Libocedrus bidwillii; mountain pine; pahautea (evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka)

kawaka; Libocedrus plumosa (New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress)

incense cedar (any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood)

Cryptomeria japonica; Japan cedar; Japanese cedar; sugi (tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood)

Alaska cedar; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Nootka cypress; yellow cedar; yellow cypress (tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament)

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress; Oregon cedar; Port Orford cedar (large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet)

Atlantic white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; white cedar; white cypress (slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae)

Calocedrus decurrens; incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; red cedar (tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark)

Austrocedrus chilensis; Chilean cedar (a small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage)

Holonyms ("cedar" is a member of...):

Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)

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