Deodar Definition

dēə-där
noun
A tall Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara) with drooping branches and fragrant, durable, light-red wood.
Webster's New World
The wood.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
deodar
Plural:
deodars

Origin of Deodar

  • From colloquial Hindustani देओदार / دیودار (de'o-dār), from देवदारु / دیودار (dev-dāru), from Sanskrit देवदारु (deva-dāru) ‘divine tree’.

    From Wiktionary

  • Hindi deodār from Sanskrit devadāru deva- divine dyeu- in Indo-European roots dāru wood deru- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Deodar Sentence Examples

  • The " Deodar" is also much used, but the other pines produce timber that is not durable.

  • The only timber in ordinary use obtained from the Himalaya proper is the deodar, Cedrus deodara.

  • The grateful perfumed powder abir or rand y is composed either of rice, flour, mango bark or deodar wood, camphor and aniseed, or of sandalwood or wood aloes, and zerumbet, zedoary, rose flowers, camphor and civet.

  • The deodar forms forests on the mountains of Afghanistan, North Beluchistan and the north-west Himalayas, flourishing in all the higher mountains from Nepal up to Kashmir, at an elevation of from 5500 to 12,000 ft.; on the peaks to the northern side of the Boorung Pass it grows to a height of 60 to 70 ft.

  • The genus Cedrus contains two other species closely allied to C. Libani - Cedrus Deodara, the deodar, or "god tree" of the Himalayas, and Cedrus atlantica, of the Atlas range, North Africa.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEO

Words Ending With

RARDAR

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Words Starting With D and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With R