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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.^[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/

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rhododendron (plural rhododendrons or rhododendra)

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

• rhodie (informal)

• dendron
• rhodo- and its derivatives
• rhodonite
• rhodium

• “rhododendron”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

< Latin rhododendron

• IPA^(key): /ˈrododendron/,
• Rhymes: -en.dron

rhododendron

1. rhododendron

   Synonym: alppiruusu

Borrowed from Latin rhododendron, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron).

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.dɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/

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rhododendron m (plural rhododendrons)

1. rhododendron

• oléandre

• “rhododendron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• rhododendros f

From Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/,

rhododendron n (genitive rhododendrī); second declension

1. rosebay, oleander

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• Galician: loendro