*cedar*

{ } a. Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abecedarian psalms,
hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to cedar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros. ] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called Chamœcyparis sphæroidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. (Zool.) Same as cedar waxwing. [ PJC ]

a. Covered, or furnished with, cedars. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a species of chatterer (Bombycilla cedrorum, formerly Ampelis cedrorum) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cedar bird, cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing. It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long, between the size of a robin and a sparrow, has a crest on the head, a black face mask, and a yellow-tipped tail. The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings, like that of a black sealing wax. They sometimes are seen in flocks. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]