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Cedrus deodara, the Glossary

Index Cedrus deodara

Cedrus deodara, the deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, or deodar, is a species of cedar native to the Himalayas.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 63 relations: A Country Girl, Afghanistan, Ampelopsin, Anethole, Arnold Arboretum, Aromatherapy, Award of Garden Merit, Ayurveda, Botanical name, Caryophyllene, Cedar oil, Cedrus, Common name, Conifer, Conifer cone, Cultivar, Eugenol, Evergreen, George Don, Glaucous, Hardiness zone, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, Hindus, Houseboat, India, Isopimaric acid, Kashmir, Kinnaur district, Kullu district, Leaf, Lignan, Limonene, List of Indian state symbols, List of Indian timber trees, Matairesinol, National symbols of Pakistan, Nepal, North India, Ornamental plant, Pakistan, Paktia Province, Pollen, Prunus cerasoides, Ramayana, Ravana, Rope incense, Royal Horticultural Society, Rudyard Kipling, Sanskrit, ... Expand index (13 more) »

  2. Cedrus
  3. National symbols of Pakistan
  4. Trees of Afghanistan
  5. Trees of temperate climates

A Country Girl

A Country Girl, or, Town and Country is a musical play in two acts by James T. Tanner, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank, music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Ampelopsin

Ampelopsin, also known as dihydromyricetin and DHM, when purported as an effective ingredient in supplements and other tonics, is a flavanonol, a type of flavonoid.

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Anethole

Anethole (also known as anise camphor) is an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance.

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Arnold Arboretum

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a botanical research institution and free public park, located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is a practice based on the use of aromatic materials, including essential oils and other aroma compounds, with claims for improving psychological well-being.

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Award of Garden Merit

The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

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Ayurveda

Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

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Caryophyllene

Caryophyllene, more formally (−)-β-caryophyllene (BCP), is a natural bicyclic sesquiterpene that is a constituent of many essential oils, especially clove oil, the oil from the stems and flowers of Syzygium aromaticum (cloves), the essential oil of Cannabis sativa, copaiba, rosemary, and hops.

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Cedar oil

Cedar oil, also known as cedarwood oil, is an essential oil derived from various types of conifers, most in the pine or cypress botanical families.

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Cedrus

Cedrus, with the common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). Cedrus deodara and Cedrus are Ornamental trees.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Conifer cone

A conifer cone or pinecone (strobilus,: strobili in formal botanical usage) is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants.

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Cultivar

A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.

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Eugenol

Eugenol is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol, a member of the allylbenzene class of chemical compounds.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.

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George Don

George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector.

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Glaucous

Glaucous is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.

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Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh ("Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Houseboat

A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily for regular dwelling.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Isopimaric acid

Isopimaric acid (IPA) is a toxin which acts as a large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel (BK channel) opener.

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Kashmir

Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Kinnaur district

Kinnaur district is one of the twelve administrative districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.

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Kullu district

Kullu is a district in Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Leaf

A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.

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Lignan

The lignans are a large group of low molecular weight polyphenols found in plants, particularly seeds, whole grains, and vegetables.

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Limonene

Limonene is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the volatile oil of citrus fruit peels.

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List of Indian state symbols

This is a list of the symbols of the states and union territories of India.

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List of Indian timber trees

There are over 150 species of timber which are produced in India.

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Matairesinol

Matairesinol is an organic compound.

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National symbols of Pakistan

Pakistan has several official national symbols, including a flag, an emblem, an anthem, a memorial tower as well as several national heroes.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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North India

North India, also called Northern India, is a geographical and broad cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans form the prominent majority population.

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Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Paktia Province

Paktia (Pashto – Paktyā) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country.

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Pollen

Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction.

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Prunus cerasoides

Prunus cerasoides, commonly known as the wild Himalayan cherry, sour cherry or pahhiya is a species of deciduous cherry tree in the family Rosaceae. Cedrus deodara and Prunus cerasoides are Flora of the Indian subcontinent, garden plants of Asia and Ornamental trees.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Ravana

Ravana was an ancient mythological king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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Rope incense

Rope incense or Tibetan incense is made in Tibet, Northern parts of Nepal, and Bhutan.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Seed

In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).

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Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar

Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake.

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Shimla district

Shimla district is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.

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Shoot (botany)

In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages like leaves, lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds.

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Sita

Sita, also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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Srinagar

Srinagar (English) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.

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Symplocos

Symplocos is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales.

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Taxifolin

Taxifolin (5,7,3',4'-flavan-on-ol), also known as dihydroquercetin, belongs to the subclass flavanonols in the flavonoids, which in turn is a class of polyphenols.

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Tibet

Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.

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Under the Deodars

Under the Deodars (published January 1889) is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling.

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Ushuaia

Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina.

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Valmiki

Valmiki (Vālmīki) was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text itself.

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William Roxburgh

William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany.

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See also

Cedrus

National symbols of Pakistan

Trees of Afghanistan

Trees of temperate climates

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_deodara

Also known as Cedrus deodar, Deodar Cedar, Deodar tree, Devadaru, Himalayan Cedar, Himalayan deodar.

, Seed, Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, Shimla district, Shoot (botany), Sita, Srinagar, Symplocos, Taxifolin, Tibet, Under the Deodars, Ushuaia, Valmiki, William Roxburgh.