Ce″dar (sē″dẽr), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. κέδροσ.] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.
☞ 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.
Cedar bird(Zoöl.), a species of chatterer (Ampelis cedrorum), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; — called also cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing.