pencil cedar

noun

1. the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pencil cedar¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Its wood has a beautiful grain, a fine mahogany colour, and a remarkably pleasant scent, a good deal resembling that of the pencil cedar, but stronger, and I think more agreeable. 

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Pine, white pine, called she-pine in Queensland; native deal, pencil cedar.

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In the bleak uplands beyond the Himálaya tree-growth is very scanty, but in favoured localities willows and the pencil cedar, Juniperus pseudosabina, are found.

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Humidity, vegetation, and beauty reappear together, wild flowers and ferns abound, and pencil cedars in clumps rise above the artificial plantations of the valley.

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