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Pencil cedar   /pˈɛnsəl sˈidər/   Listen
Pencil cedar

noun
1.
Any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils.  Synonym: pencil cedar tree.
2.
Wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils.





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"Pencil cedar" Quotes from Famous Books



... very common in the fir-clad hills north of Simla, where it particularly affects forests of the so-called pencil cedar, which is, I think, the Pinus excelsa. I have never been able to obtain the eggs, for they must lay in March or early in April; but I have found the nest near Fagoo early in May with nearly full-fledged young ones, and my people have taken ...
— The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 • Allan O. Hume


Words linked to "Pencil cedar" :   juniper, Bermuda cedar, red juniper, east African cedar, Juniperus, genus Juniperus, Juniperus bermudiana, eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, Juniperus procera, red cedar


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