different between flowering vs rhododendron

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla?????/
• Hyphenation: flow?er?ing

Verb

flowering

1. Present participle and gerund of flower.

Noun

flowering (plural flowerings)

1. (horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
2. (figuratively) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.

   Synonym: floruit

Translations

Adjective

flowering (not comparable)

1. (used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.

2. aflower, in bloom

Translations

Anagrams

• Wolfinger, reflowing

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