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Definition of Genus cedrus
1. Noun. True cedars.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Pinaceae, Pinaceae, Pine Family
Member holonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree, True Cedar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cedrus
Literary usage of Genus cedrus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The name properly belongs to the genus Cedrus, of which there are three species
generally recognized—Cedrus ..."
2. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"The genus Cedrus is represented in the Cretaceous by at least three species of
Albian age from various European localities, those from France being ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The cones in some species, as in P. sylvestris, arrive at maturity in the second
year; but in others, as in P. Pinea and the genus Cedrus, not till the ..."
4. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... m. citron tree. cèdre, m. cedar (wood or tree) ; specif., any the of the genus
Cedrus; citron. — blanc, white cedar. ..."