rhododendron

See also: Rhododendron

English
Rhododendron flowers

Wikispecies

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.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

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)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
oleander — see oleander

References
  1. “rhododendron”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁo.do.dɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

rhododendron m (plural rhododendrons)

  1. rhododendron

See also

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

rhododendron n (genitive rhododendrī); second declension

  1. the rosebay, oleander

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhododendron rhododendra
Genitive rhododendrī rhododendrōrum
Dative rhododendrō rhododendrīs
Accusative rhododendron rhododendra
Ablative rhododendrō rhododendrīs
Vocative rhododendron rhododendra

Descendants
  • Galician: loendro
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