noun
1.
a. : any of several junipers with wood suitable for or used for making pencils: as
(1) : red cedar 1 a
(2) : east african cedar
(3) : a rather small densely pyramidal tree ( Juniperus bermudiana ) that is grown in warm regions as an ornamental
b. : incense cedar
2. Australia
a. : red bean
b. : she-pine 1
3. : the wood of a pencil cedar