rhododendron
US/ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/
rhododendron noun: oleander (Nerium oleander).
Noun
rhododendron (plural rhododendrons or rhododendra)
- Oleander (Nerium oleander).
- 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
- Especially, the common rhododendron or Pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum).
rhododendron meaning in Malayalam and Nepali
rhododendron in Malayalam
- flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron
- റോഡഡെൻഡ്രൺ ṟōḍaḍeṉḍraṇ
rhododendron in Nepali
- flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron
- गुराँस gurā̃s
Synonyms of rhododendron
Forms of rhododendron
| plural | rhododendrons |
|---|---|
| plural | rhododendra |
Origin of rhododendron
The obsolete sense derives from Latin rhododendron (“oleander”), from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”). The modern sense comes through the intermediary of the genus name Rhododendron, not closely related taxonomically, but with similar flowers to those of oleander.
Words formed from rhododendron
- American rhododendron
- bell-flowered rhododendron
- bell rhododendron
- big-leaf rhododendron
- big rhododendron
- California rhododendron
- Catawba rhododendron
- coast rhododendron
- common rhododendron
- dwarf rhododendron Rhododendron anthopogon)
- great rhododendron
- great white rhododendron (Rhododendron decorum
- Indian rhododendron
- Korean rhododendron
- Pacific rhododendron
- planter's rhododendron
- pontic rhododendron
- purple rhododendron
- rhododendron cone
- rhododendron lace bug
- rhododendron leafhopper
- rhododendronlike
- rhododendron psilocybe
- rosebay rhododendron
- Singapore rhododendron
- Straits rhododendron
- tree rhododendron
- woolly rhododendron
Questions about rhododendron
- What does rhododendron mean?
- Rhododendron means oleander (Nerium oleander).
- What is rhododendron in Malayalam?
- Rhododendron in Malayalam is റോഡഡെൻഡ്രൺ (ṟōḍaḍeṉḍraṇ). See Rhododendron meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is rhododendron?
- Rhododendron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rhododendron?
- Rhododendron is pronounced /ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/ (US).
- What is the plural of rhododendron?
- The plural of rhododendron is rhododendrons.
Words near rhododendron in the dictionary
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