Other forms: cedars
A cedar is a great spreading evergreen with fragrant timber. A cedar of Lebanon, under the cedar, cedar wood.
The true cedars are the cedar of Lebanon, the Atlas cedar and the deodar, all with flat spreading layers of branches. The timber is aromatic and insect-repellent, which is why chests and wardrobes are lined with it. Many trees called cedar are not — western red cedar is a cypress. Note that the cedar of Lebanon is on the Lebanese flag and has been logged for about five thousand years.
1nouncedarA great spreading evergreen with fragrant timber.
“The cedar on that lawn is about two hundred years old.”
cedar is a tree.
Greek kedros named the tree, and Latin took it as cedrus. The word came into English through French and has named the same magnificent tree the whole way.
Ancient Greek
κέδρος
Latin
cedrus
Old French
cedre
Middle English
cedre
English, today
cedar
From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος. Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from Old English ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely. Possible a doublet of citrus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA