rhododendron
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- Oleander (Nerium oleander).
- Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, especially
- Pontic rhododendron, common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
Pronunciation
/ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/
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Word forms
rhododendron
rhododendrons
rhododendra
Etymology
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.
Translations
Abaza: щхъачей
Abaza: щхъачай
Abaza: хчвжвы
Abaza: джьмадыдз
Abaza: кыбуау
Abkhaz: а́хәажә
Abkhaz: ахәа́мса
Abkhaz: а́бжьынҵ
Afrikaans: alperoos
Armenian: մրտավարդ
Asturian: rododendru
Basque: errododendro
Bats: ქოჩორ
Belarusian: рададэ́ндран
Bulgarian: рододендрон
Catalan: rododendre
Chinese Mandarin: 杜鵑花 /杜鹃花
Chinese Mandarin: 躑躅 /踯躅
Czech: rododendron
Danish: rododendron
Dutch: rododendron
Dutch: alpenroosje
Esperanto: rododendro
Estonian: rododendron
Finnish: alppiruusu
Finnish: rhododendron
French: rhododendron
Galician: rododendro
Georgian: შქერი
Georgian: იელი
Georgian: დეკა
German: Rhododendron
German: Alpenrose
Greek: ροδόδενδρο
Pontic Greek: τσιφίνι
Pontic Greek: κομάρι
Greenlandic: qajaasaq
Hebrew: רודודנדרון
Hungarian: havasszépe
Hungarian: rododendron
Ido: rododendro
Irish: ródaidéandran
Italian: rododendro
Japanese: 躑躅
Japanese: ツツジ
Korean: 진달래속
Korean: 영산홍
Latin: rhododendron
Latvian: rododendri
Laz: მშქერი
Laz: მშკერიქჩე
Lithuanian: rododendras
Malayalam: റോഡഡെൻഡ്രൺ
Manx: billey ruissagh
Mingrelian: შქერი
Mingrelian: იოლი
Mingrelian: ხვამცა
Mòcheno: lutter
Mon: ပ္ကဴလဂဝ်ဒဵု
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