Crossword clues for red cedar
red cedar
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thuja \Thu"ja\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written also thuya.] See Thyine wood.
Note: Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vit[ae] of the Eastern and Northern United States. Thuja gigantea of North-waetern America is a very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a useful timber.
thuja oilcedar leaf oil.
Juniper \Ju"ni*per\, n. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor.] (Bot.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Conifer[ae].
Note: The common juniper ( Juniperus communis) is a shrub of a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc.
Juniper worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a geometrid moth ( Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and color, in a remarkable manner.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 an evergreen tree of the juniper family having reddish wood and found in North America, ''Juniperus virginiana''. 2 an evergreen tree of the arbor vitae family with reddish wood, found in North America, (taxlink Thuja plicata species noshow=1). 3 an evergreen tree of the mahogany family with reddish wood, found in Australia, (taxlink Toona australis species noshow=1). 4 the wood of any of these trees. n. 1 an evergreen tree of the juniper family having reddish wood and found in North America, ''Juniperus virginiana''. 2 an evergreen tree of the arbor vitae family with reddish wood, found in North America, (taxlink Thuja plicata species noshow=1). 3 an evergreen tree of the mahogany family with reddish wood, found in Australia, (taxlink Toona australis species noshow=1). 4 the wood of any of these trees.
WordNet
n. large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States [syn: western red cedar, canoe cedar, Thuja plicata]
small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles [syn: eastern red cedar, red juniper, Juniperus virginiana]
tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark [syn: incense cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens]
fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ Red Cedar may refer to:
Usage examples of "red cedar".
At last he saw a very big red cedar tree, and he knew this was the place, because the red cedar has a strong spirit for healing.
He still wore moccasins and the band of red cedar bark around his head.
They passed through the village and soon were in the forests of red cedar.
Another cedar of the same family of Cedrelaceae or Meliaceae is AUSTRALIAN RED CEDAR (C.
At the head of each was a branch of red cedar firmly planted in the ground.
Passed the lower point of an island covered with red cedar, situated in a bend on the L.
The new gate was of red cedar planks, with a heavy latch, and it stood taller than she, tall as the top of the fence.
At a place where he could verify landmarks in three different directions, Gordon dropped his leather shoulder bag and cap under an autumn-bright red cedar.
Beyond the fire was a big black nothing away down the valley which I knew was an ocean of trees -- Douglas fir, spruce, hemlock, western red cedar -- all commercially valuable.
But the outer edge of the right wing collided with a seventy-meter-tall red cedar, throwing the aircraft into an abrupt ninety-degree turn.
Working fast by pale dawn light, he pitched the pup tent in a small clearing ringed by the unkempt-looking red cedar trees that popped up in any patch of open ground hereabouts.
They chose a booth in back, upholstered in faux leather designed to resemble red cedar.
Suddenly she was at the familiar red cedar curve, and, as if in the middle of a bad recurring dream, she heard fast hoofbeats coming up behind her.