Rhododendron
[,rəʊdə'dendr(ə)n] or [,rodə'dɛndrən]
Definition
(noun.) any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers.
Checked by Archie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.
Checker: Nanette
Definition
n. a genus of trees and shrubs of the natural order Ericace having evergreen leaves and large beautiful flowers like roses.
Typist: Waldo
Examples
- She departed then and the lights went out, and I was left squatting in the rhododendron-bush. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is notorious in how complicated a manner the species of Pelargonium, Fuchsia, Calceolaria, Petunia, Rhododendron, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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