red cedar

Noun

• fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees

• tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark

• small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles

• large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  incense cedar , Calocedrus decurrens , Libocedrus decurrens , eastern red cedar , red juniper , Juniperus virginiana , western red cedar , canoe cedar , Thuja plicata