Organisms

Cedrus

A plant genus in the family PINACEAE, order Pinales, class Pinopsida, division Coniferophyta. It is the source of cedarwood oil. Cedar ordinarily refers to this but also forms part of the name of plants in other genera.

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Abstract

A plant genus in the family PINACEAE, order Pinales, class Pinopsida, division Coniferophyta. It is the source of cedarwood oil. Cedar ordinarily refers to this but also forms part of the name of plants in other genera.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Cedar Tree
  • Cedar Trees
  • Tree, Cedar
  • Trees, Cedar

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Aspects Covered

20 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term CEDAR TREE; restrict to genus CEDRUS; do not use for other genera referred to as cedar in the literature; check MeSH for other cedar terms

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Trees (1965-2001)

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Tree Number

  1. B01w.875w.800w.575w.912w.625w.875w.222w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cedrus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D028203. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D028203
  2. Cedrus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus
  3. Cedrus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128550