Japanese cedar

noun

: a large Chinese and Japanese evergreen tree (Cryptomeria japonica) of the cypress family grown as an ornamental and for its valuable soft wood

Examples of Japanese cedar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clay suggests planting a row of evergreens like ‘Dragon Prince’ Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) along your property line. —Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2025

Our Pangaea Digital Garage in the heart of Tokyo is similar, a ‘super furniture’ co-working space constructed from solid Japanese cedar wood. —Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

Its Greenhouse Gardens holdings include Japanese cedar trees and Japanese weeping cherry trees. —Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024

The cabins, available in standard and suite configurations, sit on the northern side of the 20-acre property and offer a decidedly more residential feel with lounge areas, skylights for stargazing, private patios, marble bathroom sinks and showers, and outdoor Japanese cedar tubs. —Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023

Human activities, including agriculture and the commercial planting of non-native Japanese cedars used for buildings and boats, also led to the destruction of the bird’s natural habitat—a subtropical laurel forest. —Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023

Forests of Japanese cedar canopy the zig-zagging roads, sometimes beside paths bordered by Azorean blueberries and small orchids. —Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Japanese cedar

• bleeder
• breeder
• feeder
• leader
• lieder
• meader
• pleader
• reader
• reeder
• seeder
• weeder
• cheerleader