oleander
Meaning
Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.
Synonyms
Translations
oleandro
adelfa
zakkum
oléandre
Oleander
baladre
ροδοδάφνη
oleander
oleandroPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.
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