Definition of Pencil cedar

1. Noun. Any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils.


2. Noun. Wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils.
Generic synonyms: Red Cedar
Substance meronyms: Pencil Cedar Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pencil Cedar

pencels
pencentric
pences
penchant
penchants
penciclovir
pencil-neck
pencil-necked
pencil-necks
pencil-pusher
pencil box
pencil boxes
pencil case
pencil cases
pencil cedar (current term)
pencil cedar tree
pencil crayon
pencil crayons
pencil eraser
pencil in
pencil lead
pencil pleat
pencil pusher
pencil pushers
pencil sharpener
pencil sharpeners
pencil skirt

Literary usage of Pencil cedar

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1. Turning and Mechanical Manipulation: Intended as a Work of General Reference by Charles Holtzapffel (1846)
"<2. than the pencil cedar, but is an excellent light wood between pencil cedar and deal in general character.—(See Dr. Wallich's Collection, 202. ..."

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