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‖ deodar|ˈdiːəʊdɑː(r)|
Also in mod.L. form deodara |diːəʊˈdɑːrə|.
[a. Hindī dē'odār, dēwdār:—Skr. deva-dāra divine tree, tree or timber of the gods. (The name occurs already in Avicenna c 1030 as diūdār. It is given in various parts of India to other trees besides this with which it has come into Europe.)]
A sub-species of cedar (Cedrus Libani, var. Deodara), a large tree closely allied to the cedar of Lebanon, found native in the Western Himālayas from Nepāl to Afghanistan, and now largely grown as an ornamental tree in England. The wood is of extreme durability.
[1804Gott in Roxb. Flora Indica III. 652 The only account I can give you of the Devdar pine is from..enquiries..made of the natives. 1814W. Roxburgh Hort. Bengal 69 Pinus Deodara. Hindoostani, Deva-daroo. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 34/1 Abies Deodara, the Sacred Indian Fir. The Hindoos call it the Devadara or God-tree, and hold it in a sort of veneration.] 1842P. J. Selby Brit. Forest Trees 539 The timber of the deodar employed in buildings. 1871Sat. Rev. 29 Apr. 53 A ton of deodar seeds was ordered from India, and twelve hundred pounds' worth of deodar plants stuck into a heathy bank. 1884Queen Victoria More Leaves 370, I afterwards planted a deodara on the lawn. |