单词 | deodar |
释义 | deodarn. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > cedar and allies > [noun] cedarc1000 cedar-treec1000 fir-cedar1601 white cedar1654 arbor vitae1664 Thuya1707 thuja1764 American arbor vitae1785 Honduras cedar1799 Cedrela1832 kawaka1832 deodar1842 stinking cedar1866 stinking yew1866 Alaska cedar1874 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). < n.1842 |
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