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Red cedar

noun

Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States. Synonyms: canoe cedar, Thuja plicata, western red cedar.

Small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles. Synonyms: eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, red juniper.

Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark. Synonyms: Calocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, Libocedrus decurrens.

Fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees.

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"Red cedar" Quotes from Famous Books

... individuals grow two hundred and fifty to two hundred and seventy feet with a diameter of eight feet. The bark at the base of these monsters is sometimes ten inches thick. The western hemlock also reaches equal heights in competition for the light, with diameters of five feet or more. Red cedar, white pines of several varieties, several firs, and a variety of hemlocks complete the list of conifers. Deciduous trees are few and not important. Broad-leaved maples, cottonwoods, and ...

— The Book of the National Parks • Robert Sterling Yard

... ride we had experienced up to this time in running the lower end of this rapid. The balance of the day was spent in the same camp below the rapid. Our tent was put up in a group of box elder trees,—the first trees of this species we had seen. Red cedar trees dotted the rocky slopes, while the larger pines became scarce at the river's edge, and gathered near the top of the canyon's walls. The dark red rocks near the bottom were covered with a light blue-tinted stratum of limestone, similar to the fallen rocks found ...

— Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico • E. L. Kolb

Words linked to "Red cedar" : pencil cedar, cedarwood, Thuja, Calocedrus, cedar, genus Calocedrus, pencil cedar tree, arborvitae, cedar tree, genus Thuja