red cedar

red cedar

n.1. A small, evergreen, eastern North American tree (Juniperus virginiana) having scalelike or awl-shaped leaves and fleshy, purplish-black seed cones. Also called eastern red cedar.2. A tall, evergreen, western North American tree (Thuja plicata) having flattened branches, scalelike opposite leaves, and small, ovoid seed cones. Also called western red cedar.3. The reddish, aromatic, durable wood of either of these trees.

red cedar

n 1. (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. (Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

red′ ce′dar

n. 1. Also called savin. an E North American juniper, Juniperus virginiana, yielding a fragrant, moth-repellent red wood used for making lead pencils and for lining drawers and chests. 2. the western red cedar, Thuja plicata. 3. the wood of these trees.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red cedar - large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United Statescanoe cedar, Thuja plicata, western red cedargenus Thuja, Thuja - red cedararborvitae - 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 needleseastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, red juniperpencil 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 barkCalocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, incense cedarcedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedarsCalocedrus, 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 treescedarwood, cedar - durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chestspencil cedar - wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils