Definition of Genus Cedrus

1. Noun. True cedars.

Exact synonyms: Cedrus
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Pinaceae, Pinaceae, Pine Family
Member holonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree, True Cedar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cedrus

genus Catasetum
genus Catha
genus Catharacta
genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus
genus Cattleya
genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus (current term)
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema

Literary usage of Genus Cedrus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The name properly belongs to the genus Cedrus, of which there are three species generally recognized—Cedrus ..."

2. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"The genus Cedrus is represented in the Cretaceous by at least three species of Albian age from various European localities, those from France being ..."

3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The cones in some species, as in P. sylvestris, arrive at maturity in the second year; but in others, as in P. Pinea and the genus Cedrus, not till the ..."

4. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... m. citron tree. cèdre, m. cedar (wood or tree) ; specif., any the of the genus Cedrus; citron. — blanc, white cedar. ..."

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