oleander

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˌoʊliˈændɚ/ · /ˈoʊliændɚ/

Definition of oleander

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.

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Etymology

From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.

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