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rose-bay
[f. rose n. + bay n.1]
1. The oleander or rose-laurel, Nerium Oleander. Also rose-bay tree.
1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 56 Nerion, other⁓wyse called Rhododendron.., maye be called in englishe Rose bay tree or rose Laurel. 1597Gerarde Herbal 1220 Rose-Baie is a small shrub of a gallant shewe like the Baie tree. Ibid., This plant is named..Rose Tree, Rose Baie, Rose Baie tree. 1698Phil. Trans. XX. 331 The Flowers seem to resemble the Oleander or Rose-Bay. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v., Most hired Gardeners are apt to lay the Branches of Rose-Bays,..preferring their own Advantage to their Master's Pleasure, who would delight in seeing a Rose-Bay-Tree adorn'd with Branches at the Foot. 1846–50A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 458 Nerium Oleander, Rose Bay-tree... This splendid shrub is common in Palestine.
2. a. The rhododendron (and azalea). b. A tree or plant of this genus.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 306 Bay, Mountain Rose, Rhododendrum. Ibid. 325 Rose Bay, Dwarf, Rhododendron. 1796Withering Brit. Pl. II. 239 Azalea procumbens,..Trailing Rosebay. Highland mountains. 1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 164 Rhododendron,..sometimes called mountain laurel or rose-bay. 1846–50A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 376 Rhododendron maximum, American Rose Bay. 1898Atlantic Monthly LXXXII. 498 Purple rhododendron or mountain rose-bay (R. Catawbiense).
3. The willow-herb, Epilobium angustifolium. Also attrib.
1671Skinner Etym. Bot., Rose-withy, vel Rose-bay; Willow-herb. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rose Bay Willowherb, Epilobium. 1777Jacob Catal. Pl. Faversham 66. 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 262 Epilobium angustifolium... Willow Herb. Rose-bay. 1855Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. II. 280 Epilobium angustifolium (Rose Bay, or Flowering Willow). |