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Definition of Atlas cedar
1. Noun. Tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlas Cedar
Literary usage of Atlas cedar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Under cultivation in England the three Cedars show each a peculiar habit of
growth, the atlas cedar being particularly distinguished by a stiff erect rigid ..."
2. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"The other varieties are known as the " Cedar of Lebanon " and " atlas cedar."
Like the Deodar, they are both largely cultivated in Europe. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1893)
"The ancients, as we have seen, valued the Mount atlas cedar for its sweet-scented
wood. Its cones, which are full of resinous matter, were laid amongst ..."
4. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"atlas cedar.—A noble Conifer, native of the Atlas and other mountains in N. ...
There are many forms of the atlas cedar, those best known being áurea, ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1904)
"Finally, at elevations of 4000 to 0000 feet, occur magnificent forests of Atlas
cedar, a short-leaved variety of the cedar of Lebanon. ..."
6. The Uses and Beauties of Trees by John Wilson (1889)
"The Mount atlas cedar (Cedar Atlantica) is another noble plant from the mountains of
... The branches of the Mount atlas cedar are more stiff and spreading, ..."
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