[ noun ] tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber <noun.plant>
Deodar \De`o*dar"\, n. [Native name, fr. Skr. d[=e]vad[=a]ru, prop., timber of the gods.] (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.