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RED CEDAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red cedar mean?
• RED CEDAR (noun)
The noun RED CEDAR has 4 senses:
1. large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
2. small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
3. tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
4. fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
Familiarity information: RED CEDAR used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
canoe cedar; red cedar; Thuja plicata; western red cedar
Hypernyms ("red cedar" is a kind of...):
arborvitae (any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis)
Holonyms ("red cedar" is a member of...):
genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
eastern red cedar; Juniperus virginiana; red cedar; red juniper
Hypernyms ("red cedar" is a kind of...):
pencil cedar; pencil cedar tree (any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils)
Sense 3
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 ("red cedar" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("red cedar" is a member of...):
Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("red cedar" is a kind of...):
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 "red cedar"):
pencil cedar (wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils)
Context examples
Also called Eastern red cedar and red cedar.
(Cedarwood, NCI Dictionary)
Also called cedarwood and red cedar.
(Eastern red cedar, NCI Dictionary)
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