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red cedar

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A juniper of species (Juniperus virginiana) native to North America and highly prized for its fragrant wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1892, Walt Whitman, "Our Old Feuillage" in Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), Modern Library, 1921, p. 147, https://archive.org/details/leavesofgrass00whit Below, the red cedar festoon'd with tylandria, the pines and cypresses growing out of the white sand that spreads far and flat, [...]

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noun

Meaning 2

An arborvitae (Thuja plicata), found in North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

A tree of species Toona sureni, of eastern Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

An evergreen tree of the mahogany family with reddish wood, found in Australia (Toona australis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 5

A tree of species Trichilia hirta, found from Mexico to Paraguay.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 6

Wood of any of these trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 7

fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cedar, cedarwood

Narrower terms: pencil cedar

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Meaning 8

tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: incense cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens

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Broader terms: cedar, cedar tree

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noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: eastern red cedar, red juniper, Juniperus virginiana

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Broader terms: pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree

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noun

Meaning 10

large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: western red cedar, canoe cedar, Thuja plicata

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arborvitae

History

Etymology

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