Meaning
A valued timber tree with fragrant, reddish, easily-worked wood — prized by carvers and cabinet-makers for furniture, drums, and carvings, and by builders for its durability and its scent, which repels insects. The West Indian cedar is one of the important native hardwoods, and a carved cedar bowl, drum, or piece of furniture is a fine, long-lasting thing.
Examples
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Him carve di bowl outta cedar.
He carved the bowl out of cedar.
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Cedar wood smell sweet an last long.
Cedar wood smells sweet and lasts long.
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Dem mek furniture outta cedar.
They make furniture out of cedar.
Origin
The West Indian cedar (Cedrela odorata); a fragrant, valued timber. See [[mahogany]], [[logwood]].
How it’s used
A fragrant native hardwood, prized for furniture and carving. See [[mahogany]], [[logwood]].