oleander
/ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/US/ˌoʊliˈændɚ/
oleander noun: nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.
Noun
oleander (countable and uncountable, plural oleanders)
- Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.
- "Cut a small branch of oleander from a thrifty plant, place it in a vial partly filled with rain water, so that the lower end of the branch may be immersed about half an inch in the water.1847, editorial staff, “Experiment With a Plant”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80
- Synonyms:
- laurel rose, rose laurel, rosebay
oleander meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
oleander in Hindi
- A poisonous shrub
- कनेर kaner
oleander in Tamil
- A poisonous shrub
- அரளி araḷi
oleander in Urdu
- کسم
oleander in Bengali
- A poisonous shrub
- করবী korobi, করবীর korobir
More languagesFewer languages
- oleander in Telugu
- గన్నేరు gannēru
- oleander in Malayalam
- അരളി araḷi
- oleander in Kannada
- ಕಣಗಿಲೆ, ಕಣಗಲು, ಕಣಗಿಲ್, ಕಣಗಿಲ
- oleander in Punjabi
- ਕਨੇਰ kaner
- oleander in Gujarati
- કરેણ kareṇ
- oleander in Tagalog
- adelpa, baladre
- oleander in Arabic
- دِفْلَى diflā
- oleander in Thai
- ยี่โถ yîi-tǒo
- oleander in Vietnamese
- trúc đào
- oleander in Myanmar
- နွယ်သာကီ nwaisaki
Synonyms of oleander
Forms of oleander
| plural | oleanders |
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Origin of oleander
From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.
Words formed from oleander
- oleander moth
- oleandrin
- oleandrine
- sweet oleander
- yellow oleander
Phrases with oleander
Words that rhyme with oleander
Questions about oleander
- What does oleander mean?
- Oleander means nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.
- What is oleander in Hindi?
- Oleander in Hindi is कनेर (kaner). See Oleander meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is oleander?
- Oleander is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oleander?
- Oleander is pronounced /ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of oleander?
- The plural of oleander is oleanders.
Words near oleander in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oleander (page history and authors); oleander (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അരളി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); oleander (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਨੇਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કરેણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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