The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. [
1913 Webster]
" The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called Chamœcyparis sphæroidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar."
[1913 Webster]