Azalea

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  • noun. Any of various shrubs of the genus Rhododendron in the heath family, having showy, variously colored flowers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Azalea arborescens, a species growing in the Alleghanies, forming a small tree and bearing innumerable white and pink spicy-scented flowers.
  • noun. A genus of ericaceous plants, now referred to Rhododendron.
  • noun. [lowercase] A plant or flower belonging to this genus. See Rhododendron.
  • noun. [lowercase] A name of a species of plants of the genus Loiseleuria, the Alpine azalea
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
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    "The groundcover around the azalea is a campanula that's gotten out of control."
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