Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of coniferous trees closely allied to the larch, which they resemble in having the leaves growing in tufts or bunches, but from which they are distinguished by being evergreen (the leaves not falling in autumn), and by the form of the cones.

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  • noun true cedars

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  • “True cedars,” by contrast, “are generally grown only in the Middle East and are scientifically classified in the Pinaceae (Pine) family and in the genus cedrus.”

    Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • “True cedars,” by contrast, “are generally grown only in the Middle East and are scientifically classified in the Pinaceae (Pine) family and in the genus cedrus.”

    Unclean hands, covered with cedar chips Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Pines can also be found mixed with Juniperus cedrus and J. phoenicea at higher elevations.

    Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests 2008

  • Both endemic species and genera are found and these include Spartocytisus supranubius, Erysimum scoparium, Nepeta teydea, Plantago webbii, Senecio palmensis, Juniperus cedrus, Polycarpaea tenuis, and Echium sp.

    Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests 2008

  • Two tree species occur: an occasional isolated Canary Island cedar Juniperus cedrus or Canary Island pine Pinus canariensis.

    Teide National Park, Spain 2008

  • The Hebrew ÈrÈz, like the corresponding Arabic arz, the Greek (kedros), the Latin cedrus, or the English cedar, may be applied to several different species of conifers, but usually it designates the celebrated cedar of Libanus (Cedrus Libani).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Melodically the frequent substitutes of c for b is remarkable on justus, twice on florebit, on cedrus, etc.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • (Heb. e'rez, Gr. kedros, Lat. cedrus), a tree very frequently mentioned in Scripture.

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • Those terminating in 'us,' though often of feminine words, as the central Arbor, will indicate either real masculine strength (quereus, laurus), or conditions of dominant majesty (cedrus), of stubbornness and enduring force (crataegus), or of peasant-like commonalty and hardship

    Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859

  • Quatuor ex lignis domini crux dicitur esse, &c. Pes crucis est cedrus, corpus tenet alta cupressus;

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663

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