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  • Cedar is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the genus Cedrus. Some botanical authorities consider the...
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    of resin acids are abietic acid (sylvic acid), C20H30O2, plicatic acid contained in cedar, and pimaric acid, C20H30O2, a constituent of galipot resin. Abietic...
    14 KB (1,518 words) - 10:32, 14 April 2024
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    Cedrus libani (redirect from Lebanon cedar)
    forest regeneration. Cedar resin (cedria) and cedar essential oil (cedrum) are prized extracts from the timber and cones of the cedar tree. Over the centuries...
    25 KB (3,031 words) - 10:37, 2 May 2024
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    Mastic (Greek: Μαστίχα) is a resin obtained from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). It is also known as tears of Chios, being traditionally produced...
    17 KB (1,889 words) - 15:30, 16 May 2024
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    trading nation in the world”. The Egyptians used cedar resin for the mummification process and the cedar wood for some of “their first hieroglyph bearing...
    22 KB (2,929 words) - 10:34, 2 May 2024
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    frankincense into kohl eyeliner. This is the first recorded use of the resin. Hatshepsut had the expedition commemorated in relief at Deir el-Bahari...
    52 KB (5,883 words) - 06:20, 13 May 2024
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    Cedrus (redirect from Cedar (genus))
    Cedrus, with the common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). They are native to the...
    16 KB (1,568 words) - 10:24, 18 May 2024
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    Jar bearing the cartouche of Hatshepsut. Filled in with cedar resin. Calcite, unfinished. Foundation deposit. 18th Dynasty. From Deir el-Bahari, Egypt...
    19 KB (2,197 words) - 17:51, 23 March 2024
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    or western red cedar in the UK, and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood...
    72 KB (8,473 words) - 15:36, 14 May 2024
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    botanists. It differs in having slightly larger cones, and needles with three resin canals instead of two in Swiss pine. Like other European and Asian white...
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    or lemon halves, or have made sticky mixtures that include honey or cedar resin to be applied to the cervical opening. However, the diaphragm—which stays...
    41 KB (4,405 words) - 06:17, 9 March 2024
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    the entangled trees and states that the entire area was scented with cedar resin. Al-Rawi and George note that in light of the following passage, Humbaba...
    67 KB (9,274 words) - 22:07, 17 April 2024
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    Yakusugi (redirect from Yakushima cedar)
    Yakusugi (屋久杉) refers to "Japanese cedar" (sugi, or Cryptomeria) on the island of Yakushima, typically growing at altitudes 500 meters and higher. The...
    5 KB (610 words) - 06:21, 30 July 2023
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    made up the eyes of two doves with kohl, and adorned their heads with cedar (resin). For the god Utu, master of vegetation, in the E-babbar at Larsa, he...
    23 KB (2,805 words) - 15:06, 14 May 2024
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    structure of hardwoods lack resin canals, whereas softwoods lack pores[clarification needed] (though not all softwoods have resin canals). Softwood is wood...
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    Cryptomeria (redirect from Japanese cedar)
    endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi (杉). The tree is called Japanese cedar or Japanese redwood in English. It has been extensively introduced and cultivated...
    19 KB (1,913 words) - 06:08, 25 April 2024
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    and insect-repelling resin that is the source of its popular name, Spanish-cedar (it resembles the aroma of the unrelated true cedars (Cedrus spp.) Cedro...
    8 KB (657 words) - 16:15, 11 April 2024
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    advocated for the application of ointments made of old olive oil, honey, cedar resin, and white lead on the cervix in order block the opening to the uterus...
    29 KB (3,991 words) - 16:15, 31 December 2023
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    Mastika or mastiha is a liqueur seasoned with mastic, a resin with a slightly pine or cedar-like flavor gathered from the mastic tree, a small evergreen...
    9 KB (876 words) - 16:44, 9 May 2024
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    booty or bald Asteraceae Asterales CS G Libocedrus teardrop Cedrus (cedar resin) Cupressaceae Pinales St G Licuala Moluccan name Arecaceae Arecales St...
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