Atlas cedar

noun

1. an evergreen tree, Cedrus atlantica, native to northern Africa, having in its widely cultivated forms bluish-green leaves and light-brown cones.

Example Sentences

Pollen records indicate that the Atlas cedar trees, that have survived in Morocco since "at least the last ice age", are now at risk of local extinction, Dr Fletcher has found.

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I don’t think Atlas cedars qualify as weeds.

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Atlas, which will cost $45 for a one-ounce bottle, is intended to suggest something familiar and traditional as a scent, with ingredients including oak moss, patchouli, ginger, citrus and, hence the name, Atlas cedar.

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So are the Atlas cedars of northern Algeria.

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