rhododendron

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.[1]

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

rhododendron (plural rhododendrons)

1. (obsolete) Oleander (Nerium oleander).
2. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔ.dɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/

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rhododendron m (plural rhododendrons)

1. rhododendron

• oléandre

• “rhododendron” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• rhododendros f

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ro.doˈden.dron/, [rɔ.dɔˈdɛn.drɔn]

rhododendron n (genitive rhododendrī); second declension

1. the rosebay, oleander

Second declension, Greek type.