rhododendron

Noun

Meaning

A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

buttercup lily magnolia blackthorn aster azalea mesquite heather alder acacia amaryllis carnation oleander camellia begonia

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Antonyms

neutral achromatic not red unred nonred

Hypernyms

bush plant shrub

Hyponyms

azalea rosebay white honeysuckle Rhododendron viscosum swamp honeysuckle coast rhododendron

Related terms

rhodium rhodonite rhodo- dendron its derivatives

Phrases with the word

common rhododendron kind of rhododendron rhododendron groenlandicum rhododendron nudiflora american rhododendron big rhododendron

Examples

Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn't listening. A. A. Milne

The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me. Jay Griffiths

B. T. Batsford, London ISBN 0-7134-5630-2 (pp80-1) In the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, rhododendron flowers have been used for some time to make popular fruit and flower wines. Source: Internet

More than 90% of Rhododendron sensu Chamberlain belong to the Asian subgenera Rhododendron, Hymenanthes and section Tsutsusi. Source: Internet

Contributions Toward a Classification of Rhododendron: Proceedings, International Rhododendron Conference, the New York Botanical Garden, May 15-17, 1978. Source: Internet

Infrageneric and Sectional Relationships in the Genus Rhododendron (Ericaceae) Inferred from ITS Sequence Data. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rhododendric rhododendric acid rhododendrol Rhododendron anthopogon Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron californicum