cedrous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae.
Example Sentences
- "Of cedrous trees and sapphire blocks built high, whereon are graved, by deft and loving hands, true likenesses of all who therein keep their standards; it is full of winding ways."
- "The cedars of shingles and the familiar wooden houses is yet another non-cedrous species, Thuya plicala — much nearer to a cypress than a cedar and quite different from the Thuya of antique veneers."
- "Visitors to the famous arboretum at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, may care to be reminded that there is an attractive middle-aged group of this non-cedrous cedar there."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin