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cedarlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English cedar Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English cedarlike From cedar + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of cedar.
    • Part of a line of knotty-looking wood pieces, it is made from sugi, or Cryptomeria japonica, an elegant cedarlike evergreen. 2008 June 19, Penelope Green, “Comfortable Seating From Japanese Forests”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more cedarlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most cedarlike Degree=Sup lexicographic