Cedar
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Cedar is the common name for cedar wood, used for several different trees that grow in different parts of the world.
Cedar may also refer to:
Trees and plants
Pinaceae family
- Cedrus or cedar, a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae
- Lebanon cedar, Cedrus libani, a cedar native to Lebanon, western Syria and south central Turkey
- Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, a cedar native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria
- Deodar cedar, Cedrus deodara, a cedar native to the western Himalayas
- Cyprus cedar, Cedrus brevifolia, mostly classified as being distinct to the Cedar of Lebanon, found in the island of Cyprus's Cedar Valley in the Troodos Mountains
- Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica), occasionally erroneously referred to as Siberian cedar
Cupressaceae family
- Atlantic white cedar or Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Bermuda cedar, Juniperus bermudiana, a species of juniper endemic to Bermuda
- Chilean cedar, Austrocedrus chilensis
- Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, a species of cypress endemic to the Cederberg mountains of South Africa
- Eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, a species of juniper native to eastern North America
- Eastern white cedar, Northern White Cedar or Thuja occidentalis
- Incense-cedar, Calocedrus
- Iranian cedar, Cupressus sempervirens
- Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria, Sugi
- Mexican white cedar, Cupressus lusitanica, a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America
- Mountain cedar, Juniperus ashei, an evergreen shrub native to northeastern Mexico and the south-central United States
- New Zealand cedar, Libocedrus bidwillii
- Persian cedar, Cupressus sempervirens
- Port Orford-cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
- Prickly cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native across the Mediterranean region
- Sharp cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native across the Mediterranean region
- Western red cedar, Thuja plicata, a cypress of the Pacific northwest
- Yellow cedar, Cupressus nootkatensis, also called Alaska cedar and Callitropsis nootkatensis
Meliaceae family
- Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata
- Cigar-box cedar, Cedrela
- Australian red cedar, Toona ciliata (synonym: T. australis)
- Ceylon cedar or Melia azedarach, a species of deciduous tree native to India, southern China and Australia
Other families
- Bay cedar, Suriana (Surianaceae)
- Running cedar or ground cedar, various species of clubmosses (Lycopodiopsida) in the genus Diphasiastrum
- Saltcedar, Tamarix (Caryophyllaceae)
- Stinking cedar, Torreya taxifolia (Cephalotaxaceae)
- White cedar, Tabebuia heterophylla (Bignoniaceae)
People
- Cedar Paul, née Gertrude Mary Davenport (1880–1972), British singer, author, translator and journalist
- Cedar Walton (born 1934), American jazz pianist
- Howard Cedar (born 1943), Israeli American biochemist
- Jon Cedar (1931–2011), American character actor, screenwriter and producer
- Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israeli film director and screenwriter
- Larry Cedar (born 1955), American actor and a voice actor
Places
Canada
Lebanon
- Cedars of God, an ancient Cedrus libani forest and reserve, inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites
United States
- Cedar, Indiana
- Cedar, Iowa
- Cedar, Kansas
- Cedar, Michigan
- Cedar, Minnesota, a community within the city of Oak Grove in Anoka County
- Cedar, Mingo County, West Virginia
- Cedar, Raleigh County, West Virginia
- Cedar City, Utah
- Cedar, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Cedar County (disambiguation)
- Cedar Township (disambiguation)
- Cedar River (disambiguation)
Music
- Cedar!, 1967 debut album by pianist Cedar Walton
- Cedar (EP), an extended play recording by Doves
Other
- Cedar Girls' Secondary School, Singapore
- SS Cedar, a Panamanian coaster trading ship in service 1955–58
- CEDAR (Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition), a research laboratory at SUNY, Buffalo, New York, USA
- Cedar (programming environment), an interpreted programming system developed at Xerox PARC
- Sony Ericsson Cedar, a mobile phone produced by Sony Ericsson
See also
- Cedres (disambiguation)
- The Cedars (disambiguation)
- Red Cedar (disambiguation)
- White Cedar (disambiguation)
- Cedar Creek (disambiguation)
- Cedar Grove (disambiguation)
- Cedar Park (disambiguation)
- Cedarvale (disambiguation)
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