Red cedar

Japanese: red cedar(英語表記)redcedar
Red cedar

…Junipers are intermediate hosts for the red spot fungus, a serious disease of pears and apples, so it is best not to plant them within at least 1 km of the cultivation area. The red cedar, S. virginiana Ait., which is considered the best material for pencils, is a tall tree native to eastern North America that can reach a height of 30 m, but today its production has decreased significantly. [Toshio Hamatani] …

From [Cedar]

… In addition to the Pinaceae family, other trees with the name cedar include Araucaria (Araucaria), Himalayan cedar, Lebanon cedar (Pinaceae), Western red cedar, and Cypress (Cupressaceae). This confusion of common names can also be seen in the English word cedar, which originally referred to the Himalayan cedar and Lebanon cedar species of the Cedrus genus, but has come to be used widely to refer to coniferous trees with a high resin content, such as red cedar and incense cedar (Cupressaceae). In China, the word cedar refers to Chinese fir, a member of the Pinaceae family, but in addition to Pinaceae trees, trees with the word cedar at the end, such as cold cedar and cloud cedar (Pinaceae), usually have needles that are about halfway between those of pine and oak. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "red cedar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ビャクシン類はナシやリンゴの重要病害である赤星病菌の中間宿主となるので,その栽培地の少なくとも1km以内には植えない方がよい。鉛筆材としては最上のものとされるエンピツビャクシンS.virginiana Ait.(英名はred cedar)は北アメリカ東部原産の30mに達する高木であるが,今日では産出量が著しく減少した。【浜谷 稔夫】。…

【スギ(杉)】より

… なお,スギの名のつく樹木にはスギ科以外にもナンヨウスギ(ナンヨウスギ科),ヒマラヤスギ,レバノンスギ(以上マツ科),ベイスギ,イトスギ(以上ヒノキ科)などがある。このような普通名の混用は英語のcedarについてもいえ,cedarそのものは,もともとヒマラヤスギ属の樹種ヒマラヤスギやレバノンスギを指すが,エンピツビャクシンred cedar,オニヒバincense cedar(以上ヒノキ科)などの,材に樹脂の多い針葉樹にも広く使われるようになった。また,中国で〈杉〉といえばスギ科のコウヨウザンをさすが,スギ科樹木のほかに冷杉,雲杉(以上マツ科)などのように語尾に杉の字のつくものは,たいてい針葉が松と柏(かしわ)の中間ぐらいの長さのものである。…

※「red cedar」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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