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red cedar
noun
- Also called eastern red cedar, an American, coniferous tree, Juniperus virginiana, yielding a fragrant, reddish wood used for making lead pencils, etc.
- the western red cedar, Thuja plicata.
- the wood of these trees.
red cedar
noun
- any of several North American coniferous trees, esp Juniperus virginiana , a juniper that has fragrant reddish wood used for making pencils, and Thuja plicata , an arbor vitae
- the wood of any of these trees
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red cedar1
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
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Example Sentences
The tops of all the hills—dry, barren ridges they were—were covered with a thick grove of the red cedar.
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The poles are of large size, and stand eighty to the mile, more than half of red cedar, the remainder mostly pine.
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On the lower slopes Douglas spruce and Western hemlock predominate, with red cedar along the streams.
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Red Cedar had been surprised by the hunters at midnight, and his camp was at once fired by the assailants.
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Stanapat and Red Cedar understood this, and hence redoubled their efforts to crush the enemy.
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