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A green cedar tree with horizontally layered branches.
Also known as: Lebanon cedar, Cedrus libani emblem, Lebanese cedar, Green tree on a flag
The cedar on Lebanon's flag is a specific species, Cedrus libani, and the emblem's power comes from the tree's scarcity: the forests it depicts were felled over three thousand years and only fragments survive. The flag depicts something the country has largely lost.
Denotes Lebanon as its national emblem, drawn as a green cedar tree centred on the white band of the flag.
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Depicts Cedrus libani, a specific species whose ancient forests were exploited from antiquity onwards and now survive only in scattered remnants.
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Is specified in the Lebanese constitution, which fixes the flag's proportions and requires the cedar to touch both red bands.
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A broad evergreen tree with a short trunk and several horizontally spreading tiers of foliage, drawn in solid green.