CEDAR TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cedar tree mean? 

• CEDAR TREE (noun)
  The noun CEDAR TREE has 2 senses:

1. any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

2. any cedar of the genus Cedrus

  Familiarity information: CEDAR TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEDAR TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cedar; cedar tree

Hypernyms ("cedar tree" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (substance of "cedar tree"):

cedar; cedarwood (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cedar tree"):

Austrocedrus chilensis; Chilean cedar (a small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage)

Calocedrus decurrens; incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; red cedar (tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark)

Atlantic white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; white cedar; white cypress (slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae)

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress; Oregon cedar; Port Orford cedar (large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet)

Alaska cedar; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Nootka cypress; yellow cedar; yellow cypress (tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament)

Cryptomeria japonica; Japan cedar; Japanese cedar; sugi (tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood)

incense cedar (any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood)

kawaka; Libocedrus plumosa (New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress)

Libocedrus bidwillii; mountain pine; pahautea (evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka)

Holonyms ("cedar tree" is a member of...):

Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any cedar of the genus Cedrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cedar; cedar tree; true cedar

Hypernyms ("cedar tree" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (substance of "cedar tree"):

cedar; cedarwood (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cedar tree"):

cedar of Lebanon; Cedrus libani (cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height)

Cedrus deodara; deodar; deodar cedar; Himalayan cedar (tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber)

Atlas cedar; Cedrus atlantica (tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("cedar tree" is a member of...):

Cedrus; genus Cedrus (true cedars)