AZALEA

[aza.lea] n [NL, genus name, fr. Gk, fem. of azaleos dry, fr. azein to parch, dry; akin to Hitt hat- to dry up and prob. to L ador emmer] (1767): any of a subgenus (Azalea) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usu. deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals