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cedar used medicinally [JV] | cedar used medicinally [JV] | ||
Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood-red cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is ''Cedrus deodara'', a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार ''deodār'' or ''devdaar'', through Medieval Hindi देवदारु ''devdāru'', ultimately from Sanskrit देवदारु ''devadāru'', 'divine tree' (Latin ''cedrus'' meaning 'cedar'). In Nepali it is pronounced ''dēvdār'' and in Bengali as ''dē'ōdār''. [Erick Tsiknopoulos] | Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood-red cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is ''Cedrus deodara'', a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार ''deodār'' or ''devdaar'', through Medieval Hindi देवदारु ''devdāru'', ultimately from Sanskrit देवदारु ''devadāru'', 'divine tree/wood' (Latin ''cedrus'' meaning 'cedar'). In Nepali it is pronounced ''dēvdār'' and in Bengali as ''dē'ōdār''. Thus the botanical name, which is also the English common name, derives from the Sanskrit term ''devadāru'', which means "wood of the gods", a compound of ''deva'' "god", and ''dāru'' "wood and tree". [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-red cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is Cedrus deodara, a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार deodār or devdaar, through Medieval Hindi देवदारु devdāru, ultimately from Sanskrit देवदारु devadāru, 'divine tree/wood' (Latin cedrus meaning 'cedar'). In Nepali it is pronounced dēvdār and in Bengali as dē'ōdār. Thus the botanical name, which is also the English common name, derives from the Sanskrit term devadāru, which means "wood of the gods", a compound of deva "god", and dāru "wood and tree". [Erick Tsiknopoulos]