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INCENSE CEDAR

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark

Synonyms:

Calocedrus decurrens; incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; red cedar

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus (cypresses that resemble cedars)

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