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Definition of Genus Cedrela
1. Noun. Tropical American trees.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Meliaceae, Mahogany Family, Meliaceae
Member holonyms: Cedrela Odorata, Spanish Cedar, Spanish Cedar Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cedrela
Literary usage of Genus Cedrela
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"This has furnished two fossil species described by Engelhardt from the early
Tertiary (Eocene or Oligo- cene) of Chili. The genus Cedrela, sometimes made ..."
2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"It is not a coniferous tree, as is sometimes stated, but belongs to the order
Meliaceae and the genus Cedrela. I have had specimens of a Cedrela from the ..."
3. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... of the West Indies, and the genus Cedrela, which is represented in the tropics
of both hemispheres by valuable timber- yielding species. ..."
4. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"It was not unnatural, perhaps, that the word Cedar should also be applied to
certain fragrant woods yielded by the genus Cedrela and its allies, ..."
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