azalea
/əˈzeɪliə/
azalea noun: a plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
Noun
azalea (plural azaleas)
- A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
- Rhododendrons and azaleas are plants of temperate regions, the grandest lilies are from temperate Japan, and a large proportion of our most showy flowering plants are natives of the Himalayas, of the Cape, of the United States, of Chili, or of China and Japan, all temperate regions.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 298
Proper noun capitalized: Azalea
Azalea
- A female given name.
azalea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
azalea in Hindi
- अज़ालीया
azalea in Tamil
- புதராக வளரும் மலர்ச்செடி இனம்
azalea in Marathi
- अझालीया, अझालीआ
azalea in Urdu
- ازلیا, ازلیہ
More languagesFewer languages
- azalea in Bengali
- আজালেয়া
- azalea in Telugu
- అజలీయా
- azalea in Kannada
- ಅಜಲೀಯಾ
- azalea in Punjabi
- ਅਜ਼ਾਲੀਆ, ਅਜ਼ਲੀਆ
- azalea in Gujarati
- અઝાલીયા, અઝાલીઆ
- azalea in Nepali
- अजालिया
- azalea in Tagalog
- asalea
- azalea in Malay
- azalea
- azalea in Indonesian
- saliyah
Forms of azalea
| plural | azaleas |
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Origin of azalea
Borrowed from translingual Azalea, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “to dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.
Words formed from azalea
Words that rhyme with azalea
- regalia
- Australia
- echolalia
- Pharsalia
- femalia
- genitalia
- glossolalia
- paraphernalia
- penetralia
- dahlia
- Lincolnalia
- Lupercalia
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Questions about azalea
- What does azalea mean?
- Azalea means a plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
- What is azalea in Hindi?
- Azalea in Hindi is अज़ालीया. See Azalea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is azalea?
- Azalea can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce azalea?
- Azalea is pronounced /əˈzeɪliə/.
- What is the plural of azalea?
- The plural of azalea is azaleas.
Words near azalea in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: azalea (page history and authors); Azalea (page history and authors); azalea (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Azalea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); azalea (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); azalea (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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