Common wood for shoe trees (5)

I believe the answer is:

cedar

(Other definitions for cedar that I've seen before include "Fragrant conifer" , "Tall coniferous tree" , "Tree (Lebanese?)" , "Leaving body" , "may have needles?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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