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n. [ AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros. ] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. (Zool.) Same as cedar waxwing. [ PJC ]

a. Covered, or furnished with, cedars. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a species of chatterer (Bombycilla cedrorum, formerly Ampelis cedrorum) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cedar bird, cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing. It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long, between the size of a robin and a sparrow, has a crest on the head, a black face mask, and a yellow-tipped tail. The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings, like that of a black sealing wax. They sometimes are seen in flocks. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar and cedarlike trees; especially the wood of the red cedar, often used for cedar chests.
Syn. -- cedar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. ceding. ] [ L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. céder. ] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. cedilla, cf. F. cédille; dim. of zeta, the Gr. name of the letter z, because this letter was formerly written after the c, to give it the sound of s. ] A mark placed under the letter c [ thus, ç ], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in façade. [ 1913 Webster ]