[mod.L., a. Sp. cedrela, dim. of cedro, cedra CEDAR. In F. cédrel.] A genus of large trees, common in the West Indies, Hindostan, and Australia, species of which are called Cedar or Bastard Cedar.
1836. Macgillivray, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., xiv. 169. The thick forest abounding in Cedrelas.
1871. Mateer, Travancore, 98. Febrifuges, such as the bark … of Cedrela.
