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See also: Rhododendron
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun[edit]
rhododendron (plural rhododendrons or rhododendra)
- (obsolete) Oleander (Nerium oleander).
- Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, especially
Synonyms[edit]
- rhodie (informal)
Derived terms[edit]
- American rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
- bell-flowered rhododendron, bell rhododendron (Rhododendron campanulatum)
- big leaf rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
- big rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
- California rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
- Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
- coast rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
- common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
- dwarf rhododendron Rhododendron anthopogon)
- great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
- great white rhododendron (Rhododendron decorum
- Indian rhododendron (Rhododendron malabathricum)
- Korean rhododendron (Rhododendron mucronulatum)
- Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
- planter's rhododendron (Rhododendron malabathricum)
- Pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
- purple rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
- rhododendron cone (Conus adamsonii)
- rhododendron lace bug (Stephanitis rhododendri)
- rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)
- rhododendron psilocybe (Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa)
- rosebay rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
- Singapore rhododendron (Rhododendron malabathricum)
- Straits rhododendron (Melastoma affine)
- tree rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum)
- woolly rhododendron (Rhododendron lanatum)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
oleander — see oleander
flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron
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References[edit]
- “rhododendron”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ “rhododendron”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rhododendron
- rhododendron
- Synonym: alppiruusu
Declension[edit]
Inflection of rhododendron (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | rhododendron | rhododendronit | ||
genitive | rhododendronin | rhododendronien | ||
partitive | rhododendronia | rhododendroneja | ||
illative | rhododendroniin | rhododendroneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | rhododendron | rhododendronit | ||
accusative | nom. | rhododendron | rhododendronit | |
gen. | rhododendronin | |||
genitive | rhododendronin | rhododendronien | ||
partitive | rhododendronia | rhododendroneja | ||
inessive | rhododendronissa | rhododendroneissa | ||
elative | rhododendronista | rhododendroneista | ||
illative | rhododendroniin | rhododendroneihin | ||
adessive | rhododendronilla | rhododendroneilla | ||
ablative | rhododendronilta | rhododendroneilta | ||
allative | rhododendronille | rhododendroneille | ||
essive | rhododendronina | rhododendroneina | ||
translative | rhododendroniksi | rhododendroneiksi | ||
abessive | rhododendronitta | rhododendroneitta | ||
instructive | — | rhododendronein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin rhododendron, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rhododendron m (plural rhododendrons)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “rhododendron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/, [rɔd̪ɔˈd̪ɛn̪d̪rɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/, [rod̪oˈd̪ɛn̪d̪ron]
Noun[edit]
rhododendron n (genitive rhododendrī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
Genitive | rhododendrī | rhododendrōrum |
Dative | rhododendrō | rhododendrīs |
Accusative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
Ablative | rhododendrō | rhododendrīs |
Vocative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
Descendants[edit]
- Galician: loendro
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