oleander
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An oleander bush.
oleander
See also: Oleander
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊliˈændɚ/, /ˈoʊliændɚ/
- Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Noun
oleander (countable and uncountable, plural oleanders)
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
A poisonous shrub
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Further reading
Nerium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Oleander in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
oleander m inan
Declension
Declension of oleander
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oleander | oleandry |
| genitive | oleandra | oleandrów |
| dative | oleandrowi | oleandrom |
| accusative | oleander | oleandry |
| instrumental | oleandrem | oleandrami |
| locative | oleandrze | oleandrach |
| vocative | oleandrze | oleandry |