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单词 prickly cedar
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prickly cedar
3. Applied, with or without distinguishing epithet, to various trees more or less resembling the true cedar: including species of Cedrela, Juniperus, Thuja, Cupressus, Pinus, etc.: e.g. Barbados cedar, Canary cedar, pencil-wood cedar, prickly cedar, Virginia red cedar, white cedar, which are species of Juniper; Barbados bastard cedar, Brazilian cedar, Chinese cedar, falsa cedar, Honduras cedar, Jamaica cedar, red Australian cedar, Singapore cedar, West Indian cedar, which are species of Cedrela; British Columbian cedar, Californian cedar, white cedar, which are Thujas; Bussaco cedar, Goa cedar, Oregon white cedar, Port Orford white cedar, which are Cypresses. bastard cedar n. in different countries, applied to species of Cedrela, Dysoxylon, Guazuma, Icica. The ‘cedar’ used for black lead pencils is the wood of Juniperus bermudiana and virginiana, which also yield oil of cedar. Also Cape cedar n. Widdringtonia juniperoides. Dominica cedar n. Bignonia Leucoxylon. incense cedar n. Libocedrus. Japan cedar n. Cryptomeria japonica. Queensland cedar n. Pentaceras australis. red Californian cedar n. Libocedrus decurrens. Russian cedar n. Pinus Cembra. water cedar n. Chamæcyparis.Bermuda cedar, East Indian cedar: see the first element.
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1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 26 Above all, is commended, the Oil of Cedar, or that of Juniper.
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 128 Cedar Tree [Juniperus Barbadensis]..It has a reddish, not close but lax, odoriferous wood.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The cedar brought from Barbadoes and Jamaica is a spurious sort. Cedar cups..are made out of the wood of the bastard cedar.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica i. ii. 13 The cedar [Cedrela odorata] and mahogany,..may be raised with little care in all the waste hilly lands.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 247 The wood of Juniperus virginiana is commonly used for ‘lead pencils’, under the name of Red Cedar.
1880 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (ed. 3) 125 They are patches of Cape Cedar..and this is the only locality in which the tree is found.
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prickly cedar
prickly cedar n. (a) a juniper of southern Europe, Juniperus oxycedrus, with sharp needle-like leaves; (b) a heathlike Australasian shrub, Cyathodes juniperina (family Epacridaceae); cf. mingimingi n. 1.
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1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 49 From the prickly Cedar when it is burned comes forth that which with us, is usually known by the name of Tar.
1858 G. R. Fairbanks Hist. & Antiq. 64 His promenade among the briars, vines, prickly cedars, chaparral, and prickly pears of Anastasia, seems to have been a true via dolorosa.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 24 Cedar, Prickly, Juniperus Oxycedrus.
2000 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 10 Dec. h1 If you are working with prickly cedar, wear gloves to protect your hands.
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