Red-cedar Synonyms

Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. western red cedar
  2. canoe cedar
  3. Thuja plicata
Small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. eastern-red-cedar
  2. red juniper
  3. juniperus-virginiana
Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. incense-cedar
  2. Calocedrus decurrens
  3. Libocedrus decurrens

Red-cedar Sentence Examples

  • There are also several extremely valuable soft timbers, the principal being red cedar (Cedrela Toona), silky oak (Grevillea robusta), beech and a variety of teak, with several important species of pine.

  • Fresh-water pearls of considerable value and beauty are found in the Red Cedar river.

  • The wood of the cedar of Lebanon is fragrant, though not so strongly scented as that of the juniper or red-cedar of America.

  • Many trees of the eastern forest, such as basswood, sugar, river and red maple, red, white and black ash, red and rock elm, black and bur oak, white and red pine and red cedar find their western limit here.

  • The Virginian red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) grows in the United States, Canada and the West Indies.

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