cedar
Other forms: cedars
A cedar is an evergreen tree with a particularly fragrant wood. The trees in your yard that keep their green needles through the winter might be cedars.
There are many different varieties of cedars, including a popular Christmas tree in the Southern US, the Eastern Red Cedar. Cedars are probably best known for the strong, appealing scent of their wood, which is often used to line storage chests or closets, both for the smell and its tendency to repel moths. The Greek root of cedar is kedros.
Definitions of cedar
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any cedar of the genus Cedrussynonyms: cedar tree, true cedartypes:Cedrus libani, cedar of Lebanoncedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and heightCedrus deodara, Himalayan cedar, deodar, deodar cedartall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timberAtlas cedar, Cedrus atlanticatall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamentaltype of:
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durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chestssynonyms: cedarwoodtypes:red cedarfragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar treesPort Orford cedarthe wood of the Port Orford cedar treepencil cedarwood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencilstype of:woodthe hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedarssynonyms: cedar treetypes:Austrocedrus chilensis, Chilean cedara small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliageCalocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, red cedartall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red barkAtlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cedar, white cypressslow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitaeChamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedarlarge timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feetAlaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Nootka cypress, yellow cedar, yellow cypresstall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornamentCryptomeria japonica, Japan cedar, Japanese cedar, sugitall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft woodincense cedarany of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented woodtype of:
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