deodar
Americannoun
noun
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a Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, with drooping branches
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the durable fragrant highly valued wood of this tree
Etymology
Origin of deodar
1795–1805; < Hindi deodār < Sanskrit devadāru wood of the gods, equivalent to deva god + dāru wood
Example Sentences
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She revamped “about half” the house as soon as she moved in, drawing inspiration from the property’s grove of deodar trees.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
This was the place where families could raise their children in peace under the deodar cedars and watch the San Gabriels fade to a distinct purple as the sun set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
A big red bow — ”like you get when you buy a car,” May said — hangs on a deodar tree that survived, and a miraculously healthy orange tree is loaded with ornaments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
The people who tend Altadena’s venerable deodar cedars have suffered incomprehensible community losses this week, but Santa Rosa Avenue, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
That mountain’s as big as Mont Blanc; and from that deodar forest right up the slope is the place to go for bear.”
From Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills by Groome, William H. C.
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