oleander

Meanings

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   noun

   a poisonous evergreen shrub with narrow leathery leaves and clusters of white, pink, or red flowers, widely grown in warm regions

   Pink oleander flowered along the courtyard wall, safely beyond the children's reach.

From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandrum and Late Latin lorandrum. The Latin form may be an alteration of rhododendron, the ancient name of another flowering shrub.

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