cedar
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Its species name, cedrus, refers to cedar trees, evergreen conifers similar to those that existed in Late Triassic forests.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
Once, they brought in a shaman to cleanse the house with sage and cedar during a full blood moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
These 4,600-year-old funerary boats, made of cedar and acacia, were intended to transport the king into the afterlife.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
The room smelled strongly of cedar, which came from an oval soaking tub at the center of the bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
“Lay those down on the sawhorses, if you please, next to the cedar planks.”
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
"Previously, it was spruces or cedars, but today, we find endemic species better adapted to the climate," Merdan Arazmedov, a member of Turkmenistan's Nature Protection Society, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
Calvin turned on East Las Flores Drive, threading under the canopy of crape myrtles, pines and deodar cedars, and pulled up to his Midcentury ranch home and ran next door to check on his mom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
And the cedars, most of which were planted in the late 1880s, seemed fine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
Despite what residents described as a fiery rain of embers propelled by hurricane force winds, the street’s 135 cedars seemed unfazed by the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
Enormous hills, soft green with cedars, rose and fell in every direction.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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