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rhododendron


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhododendron  \Rho`do*den"dron\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  "rodo`dendron, 
  literally,  rose  tree;  "ro`don  rose  +  de`ndron  tree.  See 
  {Rose}.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  shrubs  or  small  trees,  often  having  handsome 
  evergreen  leaves,  and  remarkable  for  the  beauty  of  their 
  flowers;  rosebay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rhododendron 
  n  :  any  shrub  of  the  genus  Rhododendron:  evergreen  shrubs  or 
  small  shrubby  trees  having  leathery  leaves  and  showy 
  clusters  of  campanulate  (bell-shaped)  flowers 




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