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† rhodoˈdaphne Obs. [late L., a. Gr. ῥοδοδάϕνη, f. ῥόδον rose + δάϕνη laurel, Daphne.] The rose-bay or oleander.
1548[see oleander]. 1581J. Maplet Diall of Destiny 67 Among hearbs he [sc. Saturn] holdeth Sauoury..And Hemlocke..And Rhododaphne, which beinge taken inwardly poysoneth. 1591Spenser Virg. Gnat 673 Fresh Rhododaphne, and the Sabine flowre. 1601[see rhododendron 1]. 1628Sir R. Le Grys tr. Barclay's Argenis 121 A whole Wood of Pomegranates, Rhododaphne [etc.]. |