rhododendron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Oleander (Nerium oleander).
  2. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, especially
  3. Pontic rhododendron, common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

Pronunciation

/ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rhododendron.wav

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.

Synonyms

Related words

dendron rhodo- and its derivatives rhodonite rhodium

Derived words

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

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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