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Himalayan cedar

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Himalayan cedar,
n.pr Latin name:
Cedrus deodar; parts used: heartwood, bark, leaves, oil; uses: in Ayurveda, pacifies vata and kapha doshas (bitter, light, oily); antimicrobial, molluscicide, insecticide, skin conditions; precautions: none known. Also called
deodar or
devadaru.
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Their proposal retained some mature oaks and a superb Himalayan cedar gracing the site, then cast a hypothetical arc about the castle grounds.
With its Town Hall, clock tower and Mall it was, the author says witheringly, a fantasy among the Himalayan cedars, a pastiche of Surrey high above the roasted plain; the whole place he goes on was a theatre of English middle-class manners and pretensions on the edge of Tibet, an alpine setting for riding, racing, picnics, dances, flirtation, seduction, bitchiness, sycophancy and cliquery.
 
 
 
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