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Definition of Cedar of Lebanon
1. Noun. Cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cedar Of Lebanon
Literary usage of Cedar of Lebanon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus L Hillhouse (1819)
"THE cedar of Lebanon is the largest and most, majestic among the resinous trees
of the Old World, ..."
2. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"In Solomon's temple the beams of the roof, as also the boards and the ornamental
work, were of the cedar of Lebanon ;7 and it was likewise used in the later ..."
3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"The oil r resin which flows from the cedar of Lebanon, t was believed to possess
great virtues. It has een supposed to be the same as the pyroligneous acid. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"The Abie» Cedria or Ce drus Libani, the far-famed cedar of Lebanon, ... The wood
of the cedar of Lebanon is fragrant, though not so strongly scented as that ..."
5. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"He adds, in confirmation of this, that Pallas, in his Flora Rossica, does not
mention the cedar of Lebanon, though he speaks fully of P. ..."
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