oleander
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oleander
- /ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˌoʊliˈændɚ/ US
- /ˈoʊliændɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.
noun oleanders
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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.
"Cut a small branch of oleander from a thrifty plant, place it in a vial partly filled with rain water, so that the lower end of the branch may be immersed about half an inch in the water.
Similar: laurel rose, rose laurel, rosebay
Translations
Every language
noun A poisonous shrub
| Español | adelfa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 협죽도 hyeopjukdo |
| 日本語 | 夾竹桃 kyōchikutō |
| 中文 | 夾竹桃 /夹竹桃 jiāzhútáo |
| हिन्दी | कनेर kaner |
| Português | oleandro, espirradeira, loendro, alandro |
| Français | laurier-rose, oléandre |
| Deutsch | Oleander |
| Italiano | oleandro |
| Ελληνικά | πικροδάφνη pikrodáfni, ροδοδάφνη rododáfni |
| Română | leandru, oleandru |
| Русский | олеа́ндр oleándr |
| Tiếng Việt | trúc đào |
| العربية | دِفْلَى diflā |
| עברית | הַרְדּוּף hardúf |
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