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See also:CEDAR (See also:Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)
, a name applied to several members of the natural See also:order Coniferae
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The word has been derived from the Arabic Kedr, See also:worth or value, or from Kedrat, strong, and has been supposed by some to have taken its origin from the See also:brook Kedron, in See also:Judaea
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Cedrus Libani, the far-famed See also:Cedar of See also:Lebanon, is a See also:tree which, on See also:account of its beauty, stateliness and strength, has always been a favourite with poets and painters, and which, in the • figurative See also:language of prophecy, is frequently employed in the Scriptures as a See also:symbol of See also:power, prosperity and See also:longevity
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It grows to a See also:vertical height of ,from 50 to 8o ft.—" exalted above all trees of the See also:
Liban—Cedrus Deodara, the deodar, or " See also:god tree " of the Himalayas, and Cedrus atlantica, of the See also:Atlas range, See also:North Africa., The deodar forms forests on the mountains of See also:Afghanistan, North Beluchistan and the north-See also:west Himalayas, flourishing in all the higher mountains from See also:Nepal up to See also:Kashmir, at an elevation of from 5500 to 12,000 ft.; on the peaks to the See also:northern See also:side of the.Boorung Pass it grows to a height of 6o to 70 ft. before branching
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The wood is See also:close-grained, See also:long-fibred, perfumed and highly resinous, and resists the See also:action of See also:water
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The foliage is of a paler See also:green, the leaves are slender and longer, and the twigs are thinner than those of C
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Libani
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The tree is employed for a variety of useful purposes, especially in See also:building
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It is now much cultivated in See also:England as an ornamental plant
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C.' atlantica, the Atlas cedar, has shorter and denser leaves than C
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Liban; the leaves are See also:glaucous, sometimes of a silvery whiteness, and the cones smaller than in the other two forms; its wood also is hard, and more rapid in growth than is that of the See also:ordinary cedar
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It is found at an See also:altitude above the sea of from 4000 to 6000 ft
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The name cedar is applied to a variety of trees, including species of several genera of Conifers, Juniperus, Thuja, Libocedrus and Cupressus
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Thuja gigantea of western North See also:America is known in the See also:United States as See also:
The See also:Japanese cedar (See also:Cryptomeria japonica) is a See also:kind of See also:cypress, the wood of which is very durable
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Another species of cypress (Cupressus thyoides, also known as Chamaecyparis thyoides or sphaeroidea), found in swamps in the See also:south of See also:Ohio and See also:Massachusetts, is known as the American white cedar
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It has small leaves and fibrous bark, the wood is See also:light, soft and easily-worked, and very durable in contact with the See also:soil, and is much used for See also:boat-building and for making fences and coopers' staves
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The See also:Spanish cedar is a name applied to Juniperus thurifera, a native of the western Mediterranean region, and also to another species, J
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Oxycedrus, a See also:common plant in the Mediterranean 'region, forming a See also:shrub or See also:low tree with spreading branches and See also:short, stiff, prickly leaves
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The latter was much used by the Greeks for making images; and its empyreumatic oil, Huile de See also:Cade, is used medicinally for skin-diseases
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A species of cypress, Cupressus lusitanica, which has been naturalized in the neighbourhood of See also:Cintra is known as the cedar of See also:Goa
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The genus Widdringtonia of tropical and South Africa is also known locally as cedar
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W. juniperoides is the characteristic tree of the Cederberg range in Cape See also:Colony, while W
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Whytei, recently discovered in Nyasaland and See also:Rhodesia (the Mlanje cedar) is a See also:fine tree reaching 150 ft. in height, and yielding an ornamental light yellow-See also:
The cedar-wood of See also:Guiana, used for making canoes, is a species of the natural order See also:Bur-seraceae, Icica altissima
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It is a large tree, reaching too ft. in height, the wood is easily worked, fragrant and durable
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See See also:Gordon's Pinetum; Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Histoire du cedre du Liban (See also:Paris, 1838) ; Loudon, See also:Arboretum Britannicum, vol. iv. pp
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2404-2432 (See also:London, 1839) ; See also:Marquis de Chambray, Traite pratique See also:des arbres resineux coniferes (Paris, 1845) ; J
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