A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CEDAR

Tue, 6 Dec '22
Common wood for shoe trees
Sun, 23 Oct '22
"Red" or "white" wood
Tue, 20 Sep '22
Fragrant conifer
Tue, 12 Jul '22
Wood for a grilling plank
Mon, 28 Mar '22
Fragrant wood
Sun, 2 Jan '22
Wood in some incense