noun
1. any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
• Syn: ↑cedar
• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree
• Hyponyms:
↑Chilean cedar, ↑Austrocedrus chilensis, ↑incense cedar, ↑red cedar, ↑Calocedrus decurrens, ↑Libocedrus decurrens, ↑southern white cedar, ↑coast white cedar, ↑Atlantic white cedar, ↑white cypress, ↑white cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis thyoides, ↑Oregon cedar, ↑Port Orford cedar, ↑Lawson's cypress, ↑Lawson's cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, ↑yellow cypress, ↑yellow cedar, ↑Nootka cypress, ↑Alaska cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, ↑Japanese cedar, ↑Japan cedar, ↑sugi, ↑Cryptomeria japonica, ↑kawaka, ↑Libocedrus plumosa, ↑pahautea, ↑Libocedrus bidwillii, ↑mountain pine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cupressaceae, ↑family Cupressaceae, ↑cypress family
2. any cedar of the genus Cedrus
• Syn: ↑cedar, ↑true cedar
• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree
• Hyponyms:
↑cedar of Lebanon, ↑Cedrus libani, ↑deodar, ↑deodar cedar, ↑Himalayan cedar, ↑Cedrus deodara, ↑Atlas cedar, ↑Cedrus atlantica
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cedrus, ↑genus Cedrus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.