deodar

[ dee-uh-dahr ]
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noun
  1. a large Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, yielding a durable wood.

Origin of deodar

1
1795–1805; <Hindi deodār<Sanskrit devadāru wood of the gods, equivalent to deva god + dāru wood

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How to use deodar in a sentence

  • The country, however, in that direction was screened from view by spurs covered with dense forests of deodar.

    Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh Roberts
  • Logs of deodar were floated down the rivers to form bridges or temple pillars in Srinagar, the capital of far Cashmere.

    The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot
  • The second class includes tracts of teak, sal or deodar timber and the like, where private or village rights of user are few.

  • Vellacott took the budget addressed to him, and walked away to where an iron table and some chairs stood in the shade of a deodar.

    The Slave Of The Lamp | Henry Seton Merriman
  • Here there is a forest of pillars all of single deodar trees, and remarkable for their height and grace.

    Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

British Dictionary definitions for deodar

deodar

/ (ˈdiːəʊˌdɑː) /


noun
  1. a Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, with drooping branches

  2. the durable fragrant highly valued wood of this tree

Origin of deodar

1
C19: from Hindi deodār, from Sanskrit devadāru, literally: wood of the gods, from deva god + dāru wood

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