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rhododendra

rhododendra is the plural of rhododendron.

Meaning of rhododendron

Noun

rhododendron (plural rhododendrons or rhododendra)

  1. (obsolete) Oleander (Nerium oleander).
  2. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron.
    • 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
    1. (UK) Especially, the common rhododendron or Pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum).

Origin of rhododendra

From Latin rhododendra, plural of rhododendron.

Questions about rhododendra

What is rhododendra the plural of?
Rhododendra is the plural of rhododendron.

Words near rhododendra in the dictionary

  1. rhodococcus
  2. rhodococosis
  3. rhodocyte
  4. rhodocytes
  5. rhodocytin
  6. rhododendra
  7. rhododendric
  8. rhododendric acid
  9. rhododendrol
  10. rhododendron
  11. rhododendronlike

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