a rhododendron; (in later quots., perhaps) a rose growing in mountainous country.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons (24) mountain rose1640 a rhododendron; (in later quots., perhaps) a rose growing in mountainous country. rhododendron1657 Any of numerous shrubs and small trees constituting the genus Rhododendron (family Ericaceae), which have leathery leaves and showy campanulate or… Alpine rose1728 (a) the rose Rosa pendulina (formerly R. alpina), of the mountains of central and southern Europe, which has bright pink flowers and hanging red… winterbloom1752 †(a) an early-flowering azalea (obsolete rare); (b) a North American witch hazel, Hamamelis virginiana, with yellow or orange flowers which… azalea1753 A genus of shrubby plants (family Ericaceæ), natives of the northern hemisphere, growing in sandy soil, and blooming profusely, with showy and… mountain rosebay1759 †(a) mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia (obsolete rare); (b) a rhododendron; (now) spec. Rhododendron catawbiense of the south-eastern United States. rosebay1760 Now chiefly North American. Any of numerous plants and trees of the genus Rhododendron (including those formerly classified in the genus Azalea; cf… rhodora1770 An azalea, Rhododendron canadense, native to swamps and moist woodland in north-eastern North America and cultivated elsewhere, which bears… mountain laurel1785 U.S. Either of two North American rhododendrons or rosebays, the eastern Rhododendron maximum and the western R. macrophyllum. swamp azalea1796 = swamp honeysuckle n. big laurel1810 (a) the large-flowered or southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, native to the south-eastern U.S.; (b) a rhododendron of eastern North America… rose tree1818 North American. Any of numerous plants and trees of the genus Rhododendron (see rhododendron, n. 2); esp. the great laurel, R. maximum; = rosebay, n.… white honeysuckle1818 U.S. Swamp azalea, Rhododendron viscosum, of the eastern United States, which has white or pinkish-white flowers. Now rare. meadow pink1827 U.S. regional. Any of several plants bearing pink flowers, esp. (a) the swamp azalea, Rhododendron viscosum; (b) (Texas) the prairie rose gentian, Sab… Pinkster1833 In singular and (rare) plural. More fully Pinkster-bloom, Pinkster-flower. A pink azalea, esp. Rhododendron periclymenoides, which flowers about… mayflower1838 North American. The pink azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides; the flower of this shrub. Also Mayflower rhododendron. alpenrose1839 Any of several European shrubby alpine rhododendrons; esp. Rhododendron hirsutum and R. ferrugineum; = rose of the Alps n. at rose, n.1 adj.1phrase… swamp pink1840 = swamp honeysuckle n. rhodie1851 = rhododendron, n. 2. Also rhodie bush. Cf. rhodo, n. swamp honeysuckle1856 (a) Rhododendron viscosum (Azalea viscosa); (b) a honeysuckle of eastern North America, Lonicera oblongifolia, with yellowish flowers and red berries. ponticum1875 A purple-flowered evergreen rhododendron, Rhododendron ponticum, originally of Spain, Portugal, and Asia Minor, but extensively cultivated in Britain… tree azalea1884 Azalea (Rhododendron) arborescens. rhodo1886 = rhododendron, n. 2. Cf. rhodie, n. Kurume azalea1920 one of a group of small, evergreen azaleas developed in Kurume from a variety of Rhododendron obtusum early in the nineteenth century and introduced… |
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