red cedar

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red cedar

noun red cedars · redcedar

countable, uncountable A juniper of species (Juniperus virginiana) native to North America and highly prized for its fragrant wood. 1892, Walt Whitman, "Our Old Feuillage" in Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), Modern Library, 1921, p. 147, https://archive.org/details/leavesofgrass00whit Below, the red cedar festoon'd with tylandria, the pines and cypresses growing out of the white sand that spreads far and f
countable, uncountable An arborvitae (Thuja plicata), found in North America. She was a West Coast canoe—dug out of a great red cedar tree.
Similar: western red cedar, giant arborvitae
countable, uncountable A tree of species Toona sureni, of eastern Asia.
countable, uncountable An evergreen tree of the mahogany family with reddish wood, found in Australia (Toona australis).
Similar: Australian red cedar
countable, uncountable A tree of species Trichilia hirta, found from Mexico to Paraguay.
countable, uncountable Wood of any of these trees.

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@misc{red_cedar_2026,
  title = {red cedar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red%20cedar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}