noun
tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental
• Syn: ↑Cedrus atlantica
• Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree, ↑true cedar
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: an Algerian evergreen tree (Cedrus atlantica) much planted for ornament especially in some of its horticultural bluish-foliaged forms
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an evergreen tree, Cedrus atlantica, native to northern Africa, having in its widely cultivated forms bluish-green leaves and light-brown cones.
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Atlas cedar,
a North African cedar related to the cedar of Lebanon.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.