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==Uses==

==Uses==

[[Image:Cedrus wood.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Cedar wood is not only scented, but also has an attractive color and grain]]

[[Image:Cedrus wood.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Cedar wood is not only scented, but also has an attractive color and grain.]]

Cedars are very popular ornamental trees, widely used in [[horticulture]] in [[temperate]] [[climate]]s where winter temperatures do not fall below about -25° C (the Turkish Cedar is slightly hardier, to -30° C or just below). They are also grown for their durable (decay-resistant) scented [[wood]], most famously used in the construction of [[Solomon|King Solomon's]] [[Temple in Jerusalem|temple]] in [[Jerusalem]] provided by King Hiram, or Ahiram, of Tyre, Lebanon, circa 1,000 BC.  The wood is also used for humbler purposes requiring resistance to weather, such as shakes and [[shingle]]s.  Cedar wood and cedar oil is known to be a natural repellent to [[moth]]s [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nodice/new/magazine/cedar/cedar.htm], hence [[hope chest]]s were made of cedar when available. Cedar is a popular lining for modern-day closets in which woolens are stored. The use of cedar is mentioned in ''The Iliad'', Book 24, referring to the cedar-roofed or lined storage chamber where Priam goes to fetch the treasures used to ransom the corpse of his son Hector from Achilles. Extensive [[forestry|reforestation]] of cedar is carried out in the Mediterranean region, particularly [[Turkey]], where over 50 million young cedars are being planted annually.

Cedars are very popular ornamental trees, widely used in [[horticulture]] in [[temperate]] [[climate]]s where winter temperatures do not fall below about -25° C (the Turkish Cedar is slightly hardier, to -30° C or just below). They are also grown for their durable (decay-resistant) scented [[wood]], most famously used in the construction of [[Solomon|King Solomon's]] [[Temple in Jerusalem|temple]] in [[Jerusalem]] provided by King Hiram, or Ahiram, of Tyre, Lebanon, circa 1,000 BC.  The wood is also used for humbler purposes requiring resistance to weather, such as shakes and [[shingle]]s.  Cedar wood and cedar oil is known to be a natural repellent to [[moth]]s [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nodice/new/magazine/cedar/cedar.htm], hence [[hope chest]]s were made of cedar when available. Cedar is a popular lining for modern-day closets in which woolens are stored. The use of cedar is mentioned in ''The Iliad'', Book 24, referring to the cedar-roofed or lined storage chamber where Priam goes to fetch the treasures used to ransom the corpse of his son Hector from Achilles. Extensive [[forestry|reforestation]] of cedar is carried out in the Mediterranean region, particularly [[Turkey]], where over 50 million young cedars are being planted annually.

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