rhody

See also: Rhody

English

Etymology

Clipping of rhododendron +‎ -y.

Noun

rhody (plural rhodies)

1. Alternative form of rhodie (“rhododendron”)
   • 1994, American Rhododendron Society Journal, page 67:

     In doing the metering from the rhody leaves you will compensate for the overbrightness of the sky.

   • 2007, Karen Karbo, Minerva Clark Gives Up the Ghost, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 172:

     I looked out the window and tried to see over the pink rhododendrons and down the block. […] I couldn’t see a thing but a tangle of leathery rhody leaves, and over that, two neighbors standing on the sidewalk talking.

   • 2014, Lori Benton, The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn, WaterBrook Press, →ISBN, page 4:

     Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves. […] A musket ball ripped through rhody leaves near his head.