noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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bush
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Bill and his men would retreat to the rhododendron bushes and radio to the sniper teams on the roof.
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For years it was hidden behind other trees and rhododendron bushes .
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In the churchyard a massive rhododendron bush provides a vivid splash of mauve to churchgoers and passers-by during the early summer.
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People were everywhere, walking, fishing, boating, following nature trails past rhododendron bushes and azalea shrubs.
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I could see a bit of the drive through the rhododendron bushes and the trees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A large grey stone mansion, surrounded by rhododendrons.
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For years it was hidden behind other trees and rhododendron bushes.
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He grew rhododendron , hydrangea, strawberries, tomatoes, basil.
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He had nearly forgotten about the small house next to him, shielded as it was by the rhododendron hedge.
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In the early years I spent every Sunday bashing rhododendrons - it was like being a nineteenth-century explorer.
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Shrubs under siege Adult weevils particularly like camellias and rhododendrons, nibbling notches around the edges of leaves.
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The calcareous clays, such as East Anglian boulder clay, are alkaline and therefore will not suit azaleas or rhododendrons.