noun
1. tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
• Syn: ↑incense cedar, ↑Calocedrus decurrens, ↑Libocedrus decurrens
• Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Calocedrus, ↑genus Calocedrus
2. large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
• Syn: ↑western red cedar, ↑canoe cedar, ↑Thuja plicata
• Hypernyms: ↑arborvitae
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thuja, ↑genus Thuja
3. small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
• Syn: ↑eastern red cedar, ↑red juniper, ↑Juniperus virginiana
• Hypernyms: ↑pencil cedar, ↑pencil cedar tree
4. fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
• Hyponyms: ↑pencil cedar
Useful english dictionary. 2012.