Meanings
plural deodars
- Any member of the species Cedrus deodara of cedar trees native to the western Himalayas.
There were beautifully arranged tea-tables under the deodars at Annandale, where the Grand Stand is now; […]
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Cupid’s Arrows”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., →OCLC, page 56Synonyms: deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Cedrus deodara of cedar trees native to the western Himalayas.
More synonyms by meaning
nountall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber
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Origin
- Sanskritदेवदारु
- Hindustani
- Englishdeodar
Borrowed from colloquial Hindustani دیودار (dyodār) / देओदार (deodār), from دیودار (dyodār) / देवदार (devdār), from Sanskrit देवदारु (deva-dāru, literally “divine tree”).
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Hindi देवदार
- देवदार (devdār)Cedrus deodara
Japanese ヒマラヤ杉
- ヒマラヤ杉 (himarayasugi)Cedrus deodara
Polish cedr himalajski
- cedr himalajskiCedrus deodara
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deodar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deodar
“deodar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deodar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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