rhododendron

See also: Rhododendron

English

Rhododendron flowers

Wikispecies

Etymology

The obsolete sense derives from Latin rhododendron (“oleander”), from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”). The modern sense comes through the intermediary of the genus name Rhododendron.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

rhododendron (plural rhododendrons or rhododendra)

1. (obsolete) Oleander (Nerium oleander).
2. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, especially
   1. (UK) Pontic rhododendron, common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

Synonyms

• rhodie (informal)

Derived terms

• American rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
• bell-flowered rhododendron, bell rhododendron (Rhododendron campanulatum)
• big leaf rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
• big rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
• California rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
• Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
• coast rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
• common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
• dwarf rhododendron Rhododendron anthopogon)
• great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
• great white rhododendron (Rhododendron decorum
• Indian rhododendron (Rhododendron malabathricum)
• Korean rhododendron (Rhododendron mucronulatum)
• Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
• planter's rhododendron (Rhododendron malabathricum)
• Pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
• purple rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
• rhododendron cone (Conus adamsonii)
• rhododendron lace bug (Stephanitis rhododendri)
• rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)
• rhododendron psilocybe (Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa)
• rosebay rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
• Singapore rhododendron (Rhododendron malabathricum)
• Straits rhododendron (Melastoma affine)
• tree rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum)
• woolly rhododendron (Rhododendron lanatum)

Related terms

• dendron
• rhodo- and its derivatives
• rhodonite
• rhodium

Translations

oleander — see oleander

flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron

• Abaza: щхъачей (śqaćej), щхъачай (śqaćaj) (Rhododendron caucasicum), хчвжвы (xćʷžʷə) (Rhododendron caucasicum), джьмадыдз (dźmadədz) (Rhododendron luteum), кыбуау (kəbwaw) (Rhododendron luteum)
• Abkhaz: а́хәажә (áxʷaẑʷ) (Rhodоdendron ponticum), ахәа́мса (axʷámsa) (Rhododendron caucasicum), а́бжьынҵ (ábžəncʼ) (Rhododendron luteum)
• Afrikaans: alperoos
• Armenian: մրտավարդ (hy) (mrtavard)
• Asturian: rododendru m
• Basque: errododendro
• Bats: ქოჩორ (kočor)
• Belarusian: рададэ́ндран m (radadéndran)
• Bulgarian: рододендрон (bg) m (rododendron)
• Catalan: rododendre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杜鵑花／杜鹃花 (zh) (dùjuānhuā), 躑躅／踯躅 (zh) (zhízhú)

• Czech: rododendron (cs) m
• Danish: rododendron c
• Dutch: rododendron (nl), alpenroosje (nl)
• Esperanto: rododendro (eo)
• Estonian: rododendron
• Finnish: alppiruusu (fi)
• French: rhododendron (fr) m
• Galician: rododendro m
• Georgian: შქერი (škeri), იელი (ieli), დეკა (ka) (deḳa)
• German: Rhododendron (de) m, Alpenrose (de) f
• Greek: ροδόδενδρο m (rodódendro)
• Greenlandic: qajaasaq
• Hebrew: רודודנדרון (he) m
• Hungarian: havasszépe (hu), rododendron (hu)
• Ido: rododendro (io)
• Irish: ródaidéandran m
• Italian: rododendro (it) m
• Japanese: 躑躅 (ja) (tsutsuji), ツツジ (tsutsuji)
• Korean: 진달래속 (jindallaesok), 영산홍 (yeongsanhong)
• Latvian: rododendri m
• Laz: მშქერი (mşkeri), მშკერიქჩე (mşǩerikçe) (Rhododendron caucasicum)
• Lithuanian: rododendras m
• Manx: billey ruissagh m
• Mingrelian: შქერი (škeri), იოლი (ioli), ხვამცა (xvamca)
• Mòcheno: lutter
• Mon: ပ္ကဴလဂဝ်ဒဵု (mnw)
• Nepali: गुराँस (ne) (gurā̃s)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rododendron m

  Nynorsk: rododendron m

• Polish: azalia (pl) f, rododendron (pl) m, różanecznik (pl) m
• Pontic Greek: τσιφίνι (tsifíni), κομάρι (komári)
• Portuguese: rododendro (pt) m, azaleia (pt) f
• Romanian: rododendron (ro) m
• Russian: рододе́ндрон (ru) m (rododɛ́ndron)
• Scottish Gaelic: ròs-chraoibh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рододендрон m, пјенишник m

  Roman: rododendron (sh) m, pjenišnik (sh) m

• Slovak: rododendron m
• Spanish: rododendro m
• Svan: შგო̄რი (šgōri), ჰადრა (hadra), ზიშხორა (zišxora)
• Swedish: rododendron (sv) c, alpros (sv) c
• Turkish: rododendron, komar (tr) (Rhododendron ponticum), kafil (Rhododendron ponticum), kaful (tr) (Rhododendron ponticum), kara ağu (Rhododendron ponticum), orman gülü (tr) (Rhododendron ponticum), zelenika (Rhododendron ponticum), zifin (tr) (Rhododendron luteum), sarı ağu (Rhododendron luteum), yel çiçeği (Rhododendron luteum), eğri (tr) (Rhododendron luteum)
• Ukrainian: рододендрон (uk) m (rododendron)
• Volapük: rododen

References

• “rhododendron”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rhododendron, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.do.dɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

rhododendron m (plural rhododendrons)

1. rhododendron

See also

• oléandre

Further reading

• “rhododendron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Alternative forms

• rhododendros f

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/, [rɔd̪ɔˈd̪ɛn̪d̪rɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/, [rod̪oˈd̪ɛn̪d̪ron]

Noun

rhododendron n (genitive rhododendrī); second declension

1. the rosebay, oleander

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rhododendron	rhododendra
Genitive	rhododendrī	rhododendrōrum
Dative	rhododendrō	rhododendrīs
Accusative	rhododendron	rhododendra
Ablative	rhododendrō	rhododendrīs
Vocative	rhododendron	rhododendra

Descendants

• Galician: loendro