Noun red cedar has 4 senses
- western red cedar, red cedar, canoe cedar, Thuja plicata - large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
--1 is a kind of arborvitae
--1 is a member of Thuja, genus Thuja
- eastern red cedar, red cedar, red juniper, Juniperus virginiana - small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
--2 is a kind of pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree
- incense cedar, red cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens - tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
--3 is a kind of cedar, cedar tree
--3 is a member of Calocedrus, genus Calocedrus
- red cedar - fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
--4 is a kind of cedar, cedarwood
--4 has particulars: pencil cedar
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