Definition of Red cedar

1. Noun. Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: Canoe Cedar, Thuja Plicata, Western Red Cedar
Group relationships: Genus Thuja, Thuja
Generic synonyms: Arborvitae

2. Noun. Small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles.

3. Noun. Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark.
Exact synonyms: Calocedrus Decurrens, Incense Cedar, Libocedrus Decurrens
Generic synonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree
Group relationships: Calocedrus, Genus Calocedrus

4. Noun. Fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees.
Generic synonyms: Cedar, Cedarwood
Specialized synonyms: Pencil Cedar

Definition of Red cedar

1. Noun. an evergreen tree of the juniper family having reddish wood and found in North America. ¹

2. Noun. an evergreen tree of the arbor vitae family with reddish wood, found in North America. ¹

3. Noun. an evergreen tree of the mahogany family with reddish wood, found in Australia. ¹

4. Noun. the wood of any of these trees. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Cedar

red bone marrow
red brick universities
red brick university
red bryony
red buckeye
red cabbage
red cabbages
red campion
red cap
red car
red card
red cards
red carpet
red carpet(a)
red cedar (current term)
red cell
red cell adherence phenomenon
red cell adherence test
red cell cast
red cent
red cents
red chip
red circle rate
red clay
red clover
red coat
red cole
red coral
red corpuscle

Literary usage of Red cedar

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

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1812)
"In New York I have feen pretty large yachts ~ built of red cedar. Several yachts which go from ... they cannot make any yachts or other boats of red cedar, ..."

2. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"THE red cedar, which belongs to the Junipers, is the most common species of its genus in the United States, and the only one which attains such dimensions ..."

3. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"950000. Modulus of Rupture. 10500. Remarks. Fragrance of wood utilized as insecticide. The Western red cedar (/. scopulorum) and the Southern red cedar ..."

4. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey (1919)
"White cedar is found along the eastern coast and around the Great Lakes; red cedar grows in the region east of Colorado and north of Florida. ..."

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