rhododendron
Noun
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Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers (synset 112264670)
subtypes:
- coast rhododendron, rhododendron californicum - medium-sized rhododendron of Pacific coast of North America having large rosy brown-spotted flowers
- rhododendron maxima, rosebay - late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers
- rhododendron viscosum, swamp azalea, swamp honeysuckle, white honeysuckle - shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle
- azalea - any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
belongs to: genus rhododendron - large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers
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