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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 ce·dar n.  Bot. The name of several evergreen trees.  The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.
 Note: ☞ 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Cedrus libani
      n : cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great
          age and height [syn: cedar of Lebanon]