cedilla (sedila)

[F. cédille, E. le on ).] A mark placed under the letter c (thus, ç), especially in French and Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, before a, o, or u, to indicate that it is to be sounded like s, and not like k, as it usually is before those vowels. cedrate, cedrat (se'drat, -drat), n. [F. cédrat = It. cedrato, medic a. IMG:content-3339.png:[blocks in formation] If we get any nearer still to the torrid zone, I shall pique myself on sending you a present of cedrati and orange flower water. Walpole , Letters, II. 199. Cedrela (sed re-la), n. [NL., shortened from L. cedrelate , κεδρελάτη , & cedar fir-tree, ἐλάτη , the silver fir.] Agenus of plants, of the natural order Meliacea , allied to the mahogany, and consisting of large trees, natives of the tropics. The principal species of tropical America is C. odorata , a valuable timber-tree, popularly known as cedar. All it are Popular words Parts of India, bitter, and the old wood is fragrant. The room of India, acully marked wood, used for furniture and ornamental work. It yields a resinous gum, and the bark is astringent and febrifugal. See cedar, 3. cedrelaceous (sed-rē-lā'shius), a. [