deodar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber
    Himalayan cedar; deodar cedar; Cedrus deodara.

WordNet


De`o*dar" noun
Etymology
Native name, fr. Skr. dadaru, prop., timber of the gods.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.

Webster 1913