pencil cedar

noun

1. any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils

• Syn: ↑pencil cedar tree

• Hypernyms: ↑juniper

• Hyponyms:

↑eastern red cedar, ↑red cedar, ↑red juniper, ↑Juniperus virginiana, ↑Bermuda cedar, ↑Juniperus bermudiana, ↑east African cedar, ↑Juniperus procera

• Member Holonyms: ↑Juniperus, ↑genus Juniperus

2. wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils

• Hypernyms: ↑red cedar

• Substance Holonyms: ↑pencil cedar tree

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noun

1.

a. : any of several junipers with wood suitable for or used for making pencils: as

(1) : red cedar 1 a

(2) : east african cedar

(3) : a rather small densely pyramidal tree (Juniperus bermudiana) that is grown in warm regions as an ornamental

b. : incense cedar

2. Australia

a. : red bean

b. : she-pine 1

3. : the wood of a pencil cedar

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the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.

[1865-70]