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the wood so good at not rotting that pencils and closets fight over it
means A coniferous evergreen tree prized for its fragrant, durable, rot-resistant wood, or the wood itself.
from From Latin 'cedrus,' borrowed from Greek 'kedros,' which named cedar and similar resinous trees. The word traveled into English through Old French 'cedre.' True cedars (genus Cedrus) hail from the mountains of the Mediterranean and Himalayas — the legendary 'cedars of Lebanon' of the Bible — though English speakers cheerfully apply the name to many fragrant, unrelated woods too.
- bug repellent
- Its aromatic oils naturally repel moths and insects
- sacred tree
- Lebanon's flag flies a cedar at its center
- ancient builds
- Solomon's temple was framed in Lebanese cedar
- slow grower
- True cedars can live over a thousand years
- closet hero
- Lines chests to protect wool from hungry larvae
cedar of lebanon — national tree of lebanon, featured on flag; used to build solomon's temple in jerusalem
atlas cedar — mountain cedar native to morocco and algeria, endangered species with fewer than 10,000 trees remaining
western red cedar — pacific northwest tree (british columbia to california), tallest cedar reaching 200+ feet, sacred to indigenous peoples