Definition of "cedar"

cedar

/ˈsiː.də/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural cedars
1. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
  Quotations
  There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.
  1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers
3. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
4. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.