כִּידוֹן I, (b. h.) name of a tree, trnsf. light spear, javelin. Kel. XI, 8. Num. R. s. 9 יכול ככ׳ you might think (Absalom with his head of hair was slender, looking) like a kidon, opp. כחרובית; Y. Sot. I, 17ᵇ בכ׳ (corr. acc.); Midr. Sam. ch. XIII; ib. XXVII; a. e.—Pl. כִּידוֹנִים. Yalk. Gen. 133.