The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A tall cedar (Cedrus deodara) native to the Himalaya Mountains and having drooping branches and dark bluish-green leaves, often with white, light green, or yellow new growth in cultivars. It is an important timber tree in India.
n. Cedrus deodara, a type of cedar tree native to the western Himalayas.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In India, a name given to different trees, principally of the natural order Coniferæ, when growing at some place held sacred by the Hindus.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber
Word Usage
"At the entrance are large stores of timber, principally deodar, which is floated down from the Lolab, stored at Dubgam, and sent thence down country and otherwhere for sale."