rhododendron
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhododendron in British English:
UK [ˌrəʊdəˈdendrən]
How to pronounce rhododendron in American English:
US [ˌroʊdəˈdendrən]
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- Noun:
- any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers
Word Origin
- rhododendron
- rhododendron: [17] A rhododendron is etymologically a ‘rose-tree’. The term comes from Greek rhodódendron, a compound formed from rhódon ‘rose’ (apparently a relative of English rose) and déndron ‘tree’ (source of English dendrite [18] and dendrochronology [20]). This denoted the ‘oleander’, an application it retained through Latin rhododendron into English. The first record of its use for the plant we now know as the rhododendron dates from the mid 17th century.=> rose
- rhododendron (n.)
- c. 1600, from French rhododendron and directly from Latin rhododendron, from Greek rhododendron, literally "rose-tree," from rhodon "rose" (see rose (n.1)) + dendron "tree" (see dendro-).
Example
- 1. Location : the rhododendron is found just about everywhere .
- 2. The florence rhododendron festival celebrates the arrival of spring .
- 3. I always wanted a rhododendron bush planted just there .
- 4. The phylogeny and evolution of rhododendron .
- 5. Application of grafting in rhododendron potted landscape modelling .