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单词 deodar
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deodarn.

/ˈdiːəʊdɑː/
Forms: Also in modern Latin form deodara /diːəʊˈdɑːrə/.
Etymology: < Hindi dē'odār, dēwdār < Sanskrit deva-dāra divine tree, tree or timber of the gods. (The name occurs already in Avicenna c1030 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 Himalayas from Nepal to Afghanistan, and now largely grown as an ornamental tree in England. The wood is of extreme durability.
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1804 Gott in Roxb. Flora Indica III. 652 The only account I can give you of the Devdar pine is from..enquiries..made of the natives.
1814 W. Roxburgh Hortus Bengalensis 69 Pinus Deodara. Hindoostani, Deva-daroo.
1833 Penny 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.]
1842 P. J. Selby Brit. Forest Trees 539 The timber of the deodar employed in buildings.
1871 Sat. 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.
1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 370 I afterwards planted a deodara on the lawn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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