Defn: Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]
CEDE Cede, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding.] Etym: [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. céder.]
Defn: To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a
fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.
Jay.
CEDILLA
Ce*dil"la, n. Etym: [Sp. cedilla, cf. F. cédille; dim. of zeta, the
Gr. name of the letter z, because this letter was formerly written
after the c, to give it the sound of s.]
Defn: A mark placed under the letter c [thus, ç], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in façade.
CEDRAT
Ce"drat, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cédrat. See Cedar.] (Bot.)
Defn: Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.
CEDRENE
Ce"drene, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [Written also cedren.]
CEDRINE
Ce"drine, a. Etym: [L. cedrinus, Gr. Cedar.]