red cedar

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


See cedar.

1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery andExploration of Australia,' vol. i. p. 434:

«M'Leay river, New South Wales, Lat. 30 degrees 40'. Thisforest was found to contain large quantities of red cedar(Cedrela toona) and white cedar (Melia azederach), which,though very different from what is known as cedar at home,is a valuable wood, and in much request by the colonists.»

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