deodar
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Borrowed from colloquial Hindustani دیودار (dyodār) / देओदार (deodār), from دیودار (dyodār) / देवदार (devdār), from Sanskrit देवदारु (deva-dāru, literally “divine tree”).
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deodar (plural deodars)
- Cedrus deodara, a type of cedar tree native to the western Himalayas.
- Synonyms: deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Cupid’s Arrows”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., →OCLC, page 56:
- There were beautifully arranged tea-tables under the deodars at Annandale, where the Grand Stand is now; […]
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