different between arborvitae vs cedar

English

Etymology

From Latin arbor (“tree”) +? vitae (“of life”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /???b??va?ti/, [???b??va??i], (Canadian raising) [???b??v???i]
  • IPA^(key): /???b??va?t?/

Noun

arborvitae (plural arborvitaes)

1. Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
2. (anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English cedre, from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kédros).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?si?.d?/
• (US) enPR: s??d?r, IPA^(key): /?si.d?/

Noun

cedar (countable and uncountable, plural cedars)

2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
3. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.

   • There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.

4. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
5. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

Derived terms

Related terms

• cedr-
• Cedrela
• cedrelaceous
• cedrelate
• cedrine

Translations

Anagrams

• Cerda, Cerdà, Dacre, acred, arced, cader, cadre, cared, decar, e-card, ecard, raced

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto cedi, English cede, French céder, Italian cedere, Spanish ceder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?se?dar/

Verb

cedar (present tense cedas, past tense cedis, future tense cedos, imperative cedez, conditional cedus)

1. (transitive) to cede

Conjugation

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.dar/, [?ke?d?är]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.dar/, [?t????d??r]

Verb

c?dar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of c?d?
2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of c?d?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

c?dar m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. cedar (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• c?drovina