rhoddy

English

Etymology

Clipping of rhododendron +‎ -y.

Noun

rhoddy (plural rhoddies)

1. Alternative form of rhodie (“rhododendron”)
   • 2013, Hamish Brown, Hamish's Mountain Walk:

     The Allt a' Mhuilinn led steeply down to Inverie through woods and rhoddies smelling of honey.

   • 2014, Kathy Slamp, Walking Through Life Without Stumbling over Your Self:

     At our house there is only one kind of flower as far as my husband is concerned, and that is the rhododendron. He is from the State of Washington, and the “rhoddy” is the Washington State flower.