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单词 oleander
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•le•an•der /ˈoʊliˌændɚ, ˌoʊliˈæn-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Plant Biologya poisonous evergreen shrub of Eurasia, having bright clusters of pink, red, or white flowers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•le•an•der  lē an′dər, ō′lē an-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
  • Medieval Latin oleander, oliandrum, obscurely akin to Late Latin laurandrum, perh. a conflation of Latin laurus laurel and rhododendron rhododendron
  • 1540–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oleander /ˌəʊlɪˈændə/ n
  1. a poisonous evergreen Mediterranean apocynaceous shrub or tree, Nerium oleander, with fragrant white, pink, or purple flowers
    Also called: rosebay
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin, variant of arodandrum, perhaps from Latin rhododendron
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