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
But he then pointed to the deodar cedar next to where his brother’s house stood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
She waited and watched them cross the yard toward a clump of cedar trees near the fence.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
"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
By arborist Rebecca Latta’s estimate, thousands of trees in Altadena have been tagged for removal: oaks, pines, sycamores, deodar cedars — trees that have canopied the town for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
Plans are being made to relight the cedars on Christmas Tree Lane as soon as possible, in a show of community resilience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
During drought years, the association has taken steps to give the trees extra water, but usually, Wardlaw said, it has to warn homeowners against overwatering the deodar cedars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
“We’ve got cedars from Lebanon due at the sawmill in Oslo to be turned into shingles for the builder in Cape Cod. C.O.D. And then there’s the peas.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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