different between azalea vs rhododendron

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ??? (áz?, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eHs-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ze?li?/
• Rhymes: -e?li?

Noun

azalea (plural azaleas)

1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

Translations

Further reading

• azalea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??za?.le?.a?/, /a??za?.li.a?/
• Hyphenation: aza?lea

Noun

azalea f or m (plural azalea's, diminutive azaleaatje n)

1. azalea, plant of the obsolete genus Azalea

Esperanto

Adjective

azalea (accusative singular azalean, plural azaleaj, accusative plural azaleajn)

1. of or relating to an azalea

Related terms

• azaleo (“azalea”)

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (azaléos, “dry”)

Noun

azalea f (plural azalee)

1. azalea

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (azaléos, “dry”)

Noun

azalea f (genitive azaleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) azalea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• azálea (Mexico)

Etymology

From New Latin Azalea, a genus name, from Ancient Greek ??????? (azaléos, “dry”), because the plant grows in dry soil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /a?a?lea/, [a.?a?le.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asa?lea/, [a.sa?le.a]
• Rhymes: -ea

Noun

azalea f (plural azaleas)

1. azalea

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

The obsolete sense derives from Latin rhododendron (“oleander”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ????? (rhódon, “rose”) + ??????? (déndron, “tree”). The modern sense comes through the intermediary of the genus name Rhododendron.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?d??d?nd??n/

Noun

rhododendron (plural rhododendrons or rhododendra)

1. (obsolete) Oleander (Nerium oleander).
2. Any of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron.

Translations

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rhododendron, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????????? (rhodódendron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.d?.d??.d???/

Noun

rhododendron m (plural rhododendrons)

1. rhododendron

See also

• oléandre

Further reading

• “rhododendron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• rhododendros f

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ????? (rhódon, “rose”) + ??????? (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ro.do?den.dron/, [r?d???d??n?d???n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ro.do?den.dron/, [r?d???d??n?d???n]

Noun

rhododendron n (genitive rhododendr?); second declension

1. the rosebay, oleander

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Descendants

• Galician: loendro