INCENSE CEDAR

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does incense cedar mean? 

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

1. any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCENSE CEDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

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

genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus (cypresses that resemble cedars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calocedrus decurrens; incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; red cedar

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

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

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

Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)