pencil cedar

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pencil cedar

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

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. 

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis

The Himalayan Nutcracker is 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.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

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.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir