cedar

(se’dar) (L. ce’drus; Gr. xéSpos]. A name for many trees, principally coniferous trees. of the genera Ce'drus, Junip’erus, and Cupres’sus. etc., but misapplied also to trees of the genus Ced’rela, etc. ¢.-0il. 1. An oil from Jumip’eras oxyce’drus: used by the ancients in embalming and in preserving books. 2. The volatile oil of Junip'erus virginia’na: used in microscopy as 3 clarifying agent. 3. A volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Cedronel’la triphyl’la, a \abiate plant of Europe.