AZALEA


Meaning of AZALEA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈzāl-yə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek, feminine of azaleos dry, from azein to parch, dry; akin to Hittite ḫat- to dry up and probably to Latin ador emmer

Date: 1760

: any of a subgenus ( Azalea ) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals

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