单词 | incense cedar |
释义 | incense cedar in American English US a large, W North American tree (Calocedrus decurrens) of the cypress family with reddish bark and flattened, scalelike leaves incense cedar in American Englishnoun 1. any of several coniferous trees of the genus Libocedrus (or Calocedrus), esp. L. decurrens, of the western U.S., growing to a height of 150 ft. (50 m) 2. the aromatic, close-grained wood of this tree, used to make pencils, chests, closet linings, etc Word origin [1865–70, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: goulash, maverick, steamroller, tick-tack-toe, valence |
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