Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incense cedar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: in-cense cedar
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species of coniferous trees of the genus Calocedrus, with fragrant wood.

Example Sentences

"Another conifer was met to-day,—incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens), a large tree with warm yellow-green foliage in flat plumes like those of arborvitæ, bark cinnamon-colored, and as the boles of the old trees are without limbs they make striking pillars in the woods where the sun chances to shine on them—a worthy companion of the kingly sugar and yellow pines."

Inflected Forms

incense cedars (plural)

Synonyms

red cedar calocedrus decurrens libocedrus decurrens

Questions

What does incense cedar mean?: Any of the species of coniferous trees of the genus Calocedrus, with fragrant wood.

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