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    PENCIL CEDAR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencilsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("pencil cedar" is a kind of...):

    red cedar (fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees)

    Holonyms ("pencil cedar" is a substance of...):

    pencil cedar; pencil cedar tree (any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencilsplay

    Synonyms:

    pencil cedar; pencil cedar tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("pencil cedar" is a kind of...):

    juniper (coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones)

    Meronyms (substance of "pencil cedar"):

    pencil cedar (wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pencil cedar"):

    eastern red cedar; Juniperus virginiana; red cedar; red juniper (small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles)

    Bermuda cedar; Juniperus bermudiana (ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper)

    east African cedar; Juniperus procera (tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood)

    Holonyms ("pencil cedar" is a member of...):

    genus Juniperus; Juniperus (junipers)

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