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Definition of Cear

Ce"dar (sē"d&etilde;r), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros.] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

&fist; The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called Chamœcyparis sphæroidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.

Cedar bird(Zoöl.), a species of chatterer (Ampelis cedrorum), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing.

Ce"dar, a. Of or pertaining to cedar.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • (countable) a coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae
  • (uncountable) the aromatic wood from such a tree
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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