Cedar tree
A tall fragrant evergreen used for long-lasting wood — a tree whose timber carries its character into the houses it is built into.
A cedar tree in a dream is the dream's image of a tall fragrant evergreen whose timber carries its character into the houses it is built into. Cedar resists rot; the smell of cedar persists in old chests for a hundred years. The dream brings the cedar when something in your life — a long-built household, a piece of well-made writing, an institution made of the right material — has been constructed of something that will hold up across decades. A cedar still standing tall in its grove is the dream affirming the long material. A cedar cut down and milled into cheap surface that is discarded a year later is the dream noting that a wood meant to last for generations has been used as if it were soft pine.