ce|dar

ce|dar «SEE duhr», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. an evergreen tree with branches that spread widely, and fragrant, durable, reddish wood. The cedar belongs to the pine family.

2. any one of a number of trees of the cypress family, such as the red cedar.

3. the cryptomeria.

4. any one of a number of tropical trees, mostly of the mahogany family, of the West Indies and Central America.

5. the wood of any of these trees. Cedar is much used for lining clothes closets and making chests, cigar boxes, pencils, and posts.

–adj.

made of cedar.

╂[< Old French cedre, learned borrowing from Latin cedrus < Greek kédros cedar, juniper]