資料來源 : pyDict
西洋杉,香柏
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cedar \Ce"dar\, n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable
for its durability and fragrant odor.
Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white
cedar ({Cupressus thyoides}) is now called
{Cham[oe]cyparis sph[ae]roidea}; American red cedar is
the {Juniperus Virginiana}; Spanish cedar, the West
Indian {Cedrela odorata}. Many other trees with
odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.
{Cedar bird} (Zo["o]l.), a species of chatterer ({Ampelis
cedrarum}), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; --
called also {cherry bird}, {Canada robin}, and {American
waxwing}.
Cedar \Ce"dar\, a.
Of or pertaining to cedar.
資料來源 : WordNet®
cedar
n 1: any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that
resemble cedars [syn: {cedar tree}]
2: durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;
especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar
chests [syn: {cedarwood}]
3: any cedar of the genus Cedrus [syn: {cedar tree}, {true
cedar}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Cedar
A superset of {Mesa}, from {Xerox PARC}, adding {garbage
collection}, {dynamic type}s and a universal pointer type (REF
ANY). Cedar is a large complex language designed for custom
Xerox hardware and the Cedar {operating system}/environment.
Data types are {atom}s, lists, ropes ("industrial strength"
strings), conditions. Multi-processing features include
{thread}s, {monitor}s, {signal}s and catch phrases. It was
used to develop the Cedar integrated programming environment.
["A Description of the Cedar Language", Butler Lampson, Xerox
PARC, CSL-83-15 (Dec 1983)].
["The Structure of Cedar", D. Swinehart et al, SIGPLAN Notices
20(7):230-244 (July 1985)].
(1995-01-26)