Cedar

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Cedar is the common name for cedar wood, used for several different trees that grow in different parts of the world.

Cedar may also refer to:

Trees and plants

Cedrus or cedar, a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae
- Lebanon cedar, Cedrus libani, a cedar native to Lebanon, western Syria and south central Turkey
- Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, a cedar native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria
- Deodar cedar, Cedrus deodara, a cedar native to the western Himalayas
- Cyprus cedar, Cedrus brevifolia, classified mainly to distinguish it from the Cedar of Lebanon, found in the island of Cyprus's Cedar Valley in the Troodos Mountains
Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica), occasionally erroneously referred to as Siberian cedar

Atlantic white cedar or Chamaecyparis thyoides
Bermuda cedar, Juniperus bermudiana, a species of juniper endemic to Bermuda
Chilean cedar, Austrocedrus chilensis
Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis, a species of cypress endemic to the Cederberg mountains of South Africa
Eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, a species of juniper native to eastern North America
Eastern white cedar, Northern White Cedar or Thuja occidentalis
Incense-cedar, Calocedrus
Iranian cedar, Cupressus sempervirens
Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria, Sugi
Mexican white cedar, Cupressus lusitanica, a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America
Mountain cedar, Juniperus ashei, an evergreen shrub native to northeastern Mexico and the south-central United States
New Zealand cedar, Libocedrus bidwillii
Persian cedar, Cupressus sempervirens
Port Orford-cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Prickly cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native across the Mediterranean region
Sharp cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native across the Mediterranean region
Western red cedar, Thuja plicata, a cypress of the Pacific northwest
Yellow cedar, Cupressus nootkatensis, also called Alaska cedar and Callitropsis nootkatensis

Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata
Cigar-box cedar, Cedrela
Australian red cedar, Toona ciliata (synonym: T. australis)
Ceylon cedar or Melia azedarach, a species of deciduous tree native to India, southern China and Australia

Bay cedar, Suriana (Surianaceae)
Running cedar or ground cedar, various species of clubmosses (Lycopodiopsida) in the genus Diphasiastrum
Saltcedar, Tamarix (Caryophyllaceae)
Stinking cedar, Torreya taxifolia (Cephalotaxaceae)
White cedar, Tabebuia heterophylla (Bignoniaceae)

Cedar Paul, née Gertrude Mary Davenport (1880–1972), British singer, author, translator and journalist
Cedar Walton (born 1934), American jazz pianist
Howard Cedar (born 1943), Israeli American biochemist
Jon Cedar (1931–2011), American character actor, screenwriter and producer
Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israeli film director and screenwriter
Larry Cedar (born 1955), American actor and a voice actor

Cedars of God, an ancient Cedrus libani forest and reserve, inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites

Cedar Girls' Secondary School, Singapore
SS Cedar, a Panamanian coaster trading ship in service 1955–58
CEDAR (Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition), a research laboratory at SUNY, Buffalo, New York, USA
Cedar (programming environment), an interpreted programming system developed at Xerox PARC
Sony Ericsson Cedar, a mobile phone produced by Sony Ericsson