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cedrous

cedrous adjective: of, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae.

Adjective

cedrous (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae.
    • Of cedrous trees and sapphire blocks built high, whereon are graved, by deft and loving hands, true likenesses of all who therein keep their standards; it is full of winding ways.1890, Sophia Lydia Walters, Lostara: A Poem
    • The cedars of shingles and the familiar wooden houses is yet another non-cedrous species, Thuya plicala — much nearer to a cypress than a cedar and quite different from the Thuya of antique veneers.1947, Country Life, Volume 101

Origin of cedrous

From Latin cedrus (“cedar”) + -ous.

Questions about cedrous

What does cedrous mean?
Cedrous means of, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae.
What part of speech is cedrous?
Cedrous is an adjective.

Words near cedrous in the dictionary

  1. cedriret
  2. cedrol
  3. cedrols
  4. Cedrone
  5. Cedrones
  6. cedrous
  7. cedry
  8. cedryl
  9. cedula
  10. cedulas
  11. cedule

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