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cedar used medicinally [JV]
 
cedar used medicinally [JV]
  
Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood cedar, plains cedar, "plains-blood cedar". ''Cedrus deodara'', etymology from colloquial Hindustani देओदार ''de'o-dār'', from देवदारु ''dev-dāru'', from देवदारु ''deva-dāru'', 'divine tree'. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]  
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Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood cedar, plains cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is ''Cedrus deodara'', a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार ''de'o-dār'', from Medieval Hindi देवदारु ''dev-dāru'', from Sanskrit देवदारु ''deva-dāru'', 'divine tree' (Latin ''cedrus'' meaning 'cedar'). [Erick Tsiknopoulos]  
  
 
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blood-like sap of thang shing [IW]

cedar used medicinally [JV]

Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood cedar, plains cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is Cedrus deodara, a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार de'o-dār, from Medieval Hindi देवदारु dev-dāru, from Sanskrit देवदारु deva-dāru, 'divine tree' (Latin cedrus meaning 'cedar'). [Erick Tsiknopoulos]