cedrela odorata

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   tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

   SynonymsSpanish cedarSpanish cedar tree

   Broadermahogany

   Part ofCedrela

Questions about cedrela odorata

What does cedrela odorata mean?

cedrela odorata means "tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes".

What is another word for cedrela odorata?

Close synonyms include Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cedrela odorata a common word?

cedrela odorata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.