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cedar

/see-der/US // ˈsi dər //UK // (ˈsiːdə) //

西洋杉,雪松,西洋杉树,红柏

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.Compare cedar of Lebanon.
    • : any of various junipers, as the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of the cypress family, having reddish-brown bark and dark-blue, berrylike fruit.
    • : any of various other coniferous trees.Compare incense cedar, white cedar.
    • : any of several trees belonging to the genus Cedrela, of the mahogany family, as the Spanish cedar.
    • : Also called cedarwood. the fragrant wood of any of these trees, used in furniture and as a moth repellent.

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Examples

  • The four-mile Coy Bald Trail cuts through cedar and oak forests, while the connected and rugged six-mile Long Creek Trail leads to a slew of scenic waterfalls.

  • The surveyors marked the corners of each section with whatever was geographically convenient, such as cedar posts in the Northwest and piles of rocks in Arizona.

  • After many more years being carried in currents of water and air, our intrepid atom once again settles, this time on a cedar of Bsharri, Lebanon, and helps to build long molecular chains to form cellulose in this long-lived conifer.

  • Mike made the table himself and is going to add cedar planking to the exterior.

  • Three-thousand-foot vertical runs of widely spaced fir, hemlock, and cedar trees awaited us.

  • Without overshadowing his talented counterparts, Cedar commands the stage with a meticulous mix of stoicism and candor.

  • I was there at one of the first gigs by Julian Casablancas and the Voidz at SXSW, in Cedar Street Courtyard.

  • Marianne Stewart of Cedar Falls needed repeated prodding to recall that she had caucused for Santorum.

  • The memory came more quickly for her friend, Jan Mundt, formerly of Cedar Falls and now of Florida.

  • It also remains unclear whether traditional practices such as aging tobacco in cedar or other woods might run afoul of the ban.

  • They were delivered in due time, and packed in a richly-mounted cedar chest, were sent to the royal recipient.

  • Two of the chimneys have tunnels carved through the bases, and cedar trees appear to grow out of the rock.

  • The celebrated African farmer of Cedar creek, Del., died, almost 118 years of age.

  • The Darwood farmhouse set back from the road, among some cedar trees.

  • It was built of logs and roofed with rough cedar shingles hand-split on the spot.