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Definition of Cedar tree
1. Noun. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
Terms within: Cedar, Cedarwood
Group relationships: Cupressaceae, Cypress Family, Family Cupressaceae
Specialized synonyms: Austrocedrus Chilensis, Chilean Cedar, Calocedrus Decurrens, Incense Cedar, Libocedrus Decurrens, Red Cedar, Atlantic White Cedar, Chamaecyparis Thyoides, Coast White Cedar, Southern White Cedar, White Cedar, White Cypress, Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana, Lawson's Cedar, Lawson's Cypress, Oregon Cedar, Port Orford Cedar, Alaska Cedar, Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis, Nootka Cypress, Yellow Cedar, Yellow Cypress, Cryptomeria Japonica, Japan Cedar, Japanese Cedar, Sugi, Incense Cedar, Kawaka, Libocedrus Plumosa, Libocedrus Bidwillii, Mountain Pine, Pahautea
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
2. Noun. Any cedar of the genus Cedrus.
Group relationships: Cedrus, Genus Cedrus
Terms within: Cedar, Cedarwood
Specialized synonyms: Cedar Of Lebanon, Cedrus Libani, Cedrus Deodara, Deodar, Deodar Cedar, Himalayan Cedar, Atlas Cedar, Cedrus Atlantica
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cedar Tree
Literary usage of Cedar tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"In. Girth . . . . 16 7 Diameter of branches . 109 6 Height . . . . 63 0 The large
cedar tree at Hammersmith, nearly opposite the church, is well known. ..."
2. The Pawnee: Mythology (Part I) by George Amos Dorsey (1906)
"They went away, and again the crying was heard. They followed the sound again
and all came to a cedar tree. It was the cedar tree that was crying like a ..."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Where midst to heaven, with great sweet-smelling arms, Tall cedar tree aspires,
that image is, Of the High Godhead, in vast forest ..."
4. Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee by George Amos Dorsey (1904)
"To kill these I must go to the timber, where is the cedar-tree. ... When I have
killed the cedar-tree, I must seek the button- weed, for this it is that ..."
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