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oleanders

oleanders is the plural of oleander.

Meaning of oleander

Noun

oleander (countable and uncountable, plural oleanders)

  1. 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

Questions about oleanders

What is oleanders the plural of?
Oleanders is the plural of oleander.

Words near oleanders in the dictionary

  1. oleanane
  2. oleananes
  3. oleander
  4. oleander moth
  5. oleander moths
  6. oleanders
  7. oleandomycin
  8. oleandomycins
  9. oleandrigenin
  10. oleandrin
  11. oleandrine

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