deodar

Borrowed from colloquial Hindi देओदार (deodār) and Urdu دیودار‎ (de'o-dār), from Hindi देवदारु (devdāru) and Urdu دیودار‎ (dev-dāru), from Sanskrit देवदारु (deva-dāru, literally “divine tree”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːəʊdɑː/

deodar (plural deodars)

1. 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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