| 单词 | cedar |
| 释义 | cedar[ see-der ] / ˈsi dər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cedar ON THESAURUS.COM nounany of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.Compare cedar of Lebanon. any of various junipers, as the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of the cypress family, having reddish-brown bark and dark-blue, berrylike fruit. any of various other coniferous trees.Compare incense cedar, white cedar. any of several trees belonging to the genus Cedrela, of the mahogany family, as the Spanish cedar. Also called cedarwood. the fragrant wood of any of these trees, used in furniture and as a moth repellent. Origin of cedarbefore 1000; Middle English cedir,Old English ceder<Latin cedrus<Greek kédros; replacing Middle English cedre<Old French <Latin, as above Words nearby cedarCecropia moth, Cecrops, cecum, CED, cedant arma togae, cedar, cedar apple, cedar chest, Cedar City, Cedar Falls, cedarn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cedarBritish Dictionary definitions for cedarcedar / (ˈsiːdə) / nounany Old World coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus, having spreading branches, needle-like evergreen leaves, and erect barrel-shaped cones: family PinaceaeSee also cedar of Lebanon, deodar any of various other conifers, such as the red cedars and white cedars the wood of any of these trees any of certain other plants, such as the Spanish cedar adjectivemade of the wood of a cedar tree Word Origin for cedarC13: from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Greek kedros Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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