red cedar

red cedar

n.

1. An evergreen, coniferous, eastern North American tree (Juniperus virginiana) having fleshy, purplish-black seed cones. Also called eastern red cedar.

2. A tall, evergreen, Pacific North American tree (Thuja plicata) having flattened branches, scalelike opposite leaves, and small, ovoid seed-bearing cones. Also called western red cedar.

3. The reddish, aromatic, durable wood of either of these trees.

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red cedar

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several North American coniferous trees, esp Juniperus virginiana, a juniper that has fragrant reddish wood used for making pencils, and Thuja plicata, an arbor vitae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red cedar - large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States canoe cedar, Thuja plicata, western red cedar genus Thuja, Thuja - red cedar arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
	2.	red cedar - small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, red juniper pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree - any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
	3.	red cedar - tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, incense cedar cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars Calocedrus, genus Calocedrus - tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
	4.	red cedar - fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees cedarwood, cedar - durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests pencil cedar - wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils