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Calocedrus
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n.1.a genus of tall evergreens of West North America and East Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.
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Noun1.Calocedrus - tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars
Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, red cedar - tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark


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An average California incense-cedar tree produces about 172,000 pencils, which amounts to approximately 11,600 incense-cedar trees cut down to meet the annual US production of two billion pencils.
Coniferous forests in the higher mountains had sequoias, the Koyamaki ( Sciadopitys verticillata ) or Japanese umbrella pines, firs, spruces, larches and numerous representatives of the cypress family ( Cupressaceae ): the Californian incense-cedar ( Calocedrus decurrens ), Thujopsis , Chamaecyparis , and the Thuja .
The Incense Cedar Institute is a marketing association that promotes the use of domestic Incense-cedar for use in wood-cased pencils.
 
 
 
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