SPANISH CEDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish cedar mean? 

• SPANISH CEDAR (noun)
  The noun SPANISH CEDAR has 1 sense:

1. tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

  Familiarity information: SPANISH CEDAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH CEDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cedrela odorata; Spanish cedar; Spanish cedar tree

Hypernyms ("Spanish cedar" is a kind of...):

mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)

Meronyms (substance of "Spanish cedar"):

cigar-box cedar (fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes)

Holonyms ("Spanish cedar" is a member of...):

Cedrela; genus Cedrela (tropical American trees)