From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cedar
n 1: any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that
resemble cedars [syn: cedar, cedar tree]
2: durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;
especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
[syn: cedar, cedarwood]
3: any cedar of the genus Cedrus [syn: cedar, cedar tree,
true cedar]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
cedar \ce"dar\ (s[=e]"d[~e]r), 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]
Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white
cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called
{Cham[oe]cyparis sph[ae]roidea}; 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cedar \Ce"dar\, a.
Of or pertaining to cedar.
[1913 Webster] cedar bird
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
Cedar
A superset of Mesa, from Xerox PARC, adding {garbage
collection}, dynamic types and a universal pointer type (REF
ANY). Cedar is a large complex language designed for custom
Xerox hardware and the Cedar operating system/environment.
Data types are atoms, lists, ropes ("industrial strength"
strings), conditions. Multi-processing features include
threads, monitors, signals and catch phrases. It was
used to develop the Cedar integrated programming environment.
["A Description of the Cedar Language", Butler Lampson, Xerox
PARC, CSL-83-15 (Dec 1983)].
["The Structure of Cedar", D. Swinehart et al, SIGPLAN Notices
20(7):230-244 (July 1985)].
(1995-01-26)