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rosebay

Oleander \O`le*an"der\, n. [F. ol['e]andre (cf. It. oleandro, LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. ?; ? rose + ? tree.] (Bot.) A beautiful evergreen shrub ( Nerium oleander) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers. It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.

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rosebay

n. 1 oleander 2 rosebay willowherb

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rosebay

n. late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers [syn: Rhododendron maxima]

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Rosebay

Rosebay or rose-bay is a common name for several plants

Rosebay may refer to:

  • Chamerion angustifolium, a herbaceous plant in the Onagraceae family, sometimes referred to by the common name rosebay in Britain
  • Nerium oleander, a shrub in the Apocynaceae family, native to the Mediterranean region and cultivated in other warm subtropical areas
  • Rhododendron, a genus of shrubs in the Ericaceae family, sometimes referred to by the common name rosebay in the United States

Usage examples of "rosebay".

The fields of maize gave way to great open spaces of tangled railway lines, factories, sidings, wayside platforms, some of them bombed and abandoned, and busily growing rosebay willow-herb like any forsaken station at home.

Dripping coolly onto her sandaled feet, the untidy bunch of rosebay willow herb and irises brought her to a better state of mind.

They had tumbled into their own symmetry, and it was certainly true that too even a distribution between the irises and the rosebay willow herb ruined the effect.

Hearty yellow-flowered gorse poked through those sweeping fans as though caring little for the prerogatives of royalty, and rosebay crept up the border of the planting in low growing mats.

Four foxes lay senseless on the ground, half in and half out of the clump of rosebay willowherb.