oleander
See also: Oleander
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊliˈændɚ/, /ˈoʊliændɚ/
- Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Noun edit
oleander (countable and uncountable, plural oleanders)
- 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.
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Translations edit
A poisonous shrub
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Further reading edit
- Nerium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Oleander in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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Noun edit
oleander m inan
Declension edit
Declension of oleander
singular | plural | |
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nominative | oleander | oleandry |
genitive | oleandra | oleandrów |
dative | oleandrowi | oleandrom |
accusative | oleander | oleandry |
instrumental | oleandrem | oleandrami |
locative | oleandrze | oleandrach |
vocative | oleandrze | oleandry |