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deodar

de·o·dar [ d ə dr ] (plural de·o·dars or de·o·dar)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. wood: the hard sweet-smelling wood of a Himalayan tree. Use: timber.

2. Himalayan cedar tree: a cedar tree with dark blue green leaves and drooping branches that is the source of deodar wood. Native to: Himalayan range.  Latin name Cedrus deodara.

[Early 19th century. Via Hindi deodār< Sanskrit devadāru "divine wood"]
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