Spanish cedar

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Spanish cedar

n. In both senses also called cigar-box cedar.

1. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Cedrela, especially C. odorata, having reddish aromatic wood used for cabinetwork and cigar boxes.

2. The wood of this tree.

Spanish cedar

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall meliaceous tree, Cedrela odorata, of tropical America, the East Indies, and Australia, having smooth bark, pinnate leaves, yellow flowers, and light-coloured aromatic wood

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Spanish cedar - tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

Cedrela odorata, Spanish cedar tree

mahogany tree, mahogany - any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

Cedrela, genus Cedrela - tropical American trees

cigar-box cedar - fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes

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