cedar
Example Sentences
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Travel 100 feet deeper and the overstory begins to filter sunlight as deciduous trees are replaced with century-old cedars, hemlocks and Douglas firs.
From Seattle Times
But vessels labeled antiu at the mummification workshop contained other substances—most notably cedar, sourced at the time from the mountains of Lebanon.
From Science Magazine
In the new study, scientists found that several jars labeled as “antiu” contained a mixture of different substances — including animal fat, cedar oil and juniper resin.
From Seattle Times
One of the world's largest intact temperate rainforests, it is home to 800-year-old cedar, hemlock and Sitka spruce trees that help provide habitats for over 400 species of land and marine wildlife.
From BBC
Shifting branches of cedars, maples and hemlocks filter the sunlight like stained-glass windows.
From Washington Post
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