rhododendron
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.
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) 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 |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
Genitive | rhododendrī | rhododendrōrum |
Dative | rhododendrō | rhododendrīs |
Accusative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
Ablative | rhododendrō | rhododendrīs |
Vocative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
Descendants edit
- Galician: loendro