oleander

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

/ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oleander.wav /ˌoʊliˈændɚ/ /ˈoʊliændɚ/

oleander oleanders

From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.

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