/see"deuhr/ , n.
1. any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Cf. cedar of Lebanon .
2. any of various junipers, as the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of the cypress family, having reddish-brown bark and dark-blue, berrylike fruit.
3. any of various other coniferous trees. Cf. incense cedar, white cedar .
4. any of several trees belonging to the genus Cedrela, of the mahogany family, as the Spanish cedar.
5. Also called cedarwood . the fragrant wood of any of these trees, used in furniture and as a moth repellent.
[ bef. 1000; ME cedir, OE ceder cedrus kédros; r. ME cedre ]