I looked round me. I was on what seemed to be a little lawn in a garden, surrounded by rhododendron bushes, and I noticed that their mauve and purple blossoms were dropping in a shower under the beating of the hail-stones.
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Rhododendron
//ɹoʊdəˈdɛndɹən//
Synonyms for "rhododendron" (3 found)
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4 entriesderived
28 entriesAmerican rhododendronCalifornia rhododendronCatawba rhododendronIndian rhododendronKorean rhododendronPacific rhododendronSingapore rhododendronStraits rhododendronbell rhododendronbell-flowered rhododendronbig leaf rhododendronbig rhododendroncoast rhododendroncommon rhododendrondwarf rhododendron Rhododendron anthopogon)great rhododendron
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4 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 55 languages.
Abaza
4 entries- джьмадыдз noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- кыбуау noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- хчвжвы noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- щхъачай noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Abkhaz
3 entries- а́бжьынҵ noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- а́хәажә noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- ахәа́мса noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Afrikaans
1 entries- alperoos noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Armenian
1 entries- մրտավարդ noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Asturian
1 entries- rododendru noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Basque
1 entries- errododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Bats
1 entries- ქოჩორ noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Belarusian
1 entries- рададэ́ндран noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рододендрон noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Catalan
1 entries- rododendre noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 杜鵑花 /杜鹃花 noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- 躑躅 /踯躅 noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Czech
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Danish
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Dutch
2 entries- alpenroosje noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Esperanto
1 entries- rododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Estonian
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Finnish
2 entries- alppiruusu noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rhododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
French
1 entries- rhododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Galician
1 entries- rododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Georgian
3 entries- დეკა noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- იელი noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- შქერი noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
German
2 entries- Alpenrose noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- Rhododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Greek
1 entries- ροδόδενδρο noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Greenlandic
1 entries- qajaasaq noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Hebrew
1 entries- רודודנדרון noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Hungarian
2 entries- havasszépe noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Ido
1 entries- rododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Irish
1 entries- ródaidéandran noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Italian
1 entries- rododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Japanese
2 entries- ツツジ noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- 躑躅 noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Korean
2 entries- 영산홍 noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- 진달래속 noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Latvian
1 entries- rododendri noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Laz
2 entries- მშკერიქჩე noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- მშქერი noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Lithuanian
1 entries- rododendras noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Malayalam
1 entries- റോഡഡെൻഡ്രൺ noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Manx
1 entries- billey ruissagh noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Mingrelian
3 entries- იოლი noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- შქერი noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- ხვამცა noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Mon
1 entries- ပ္ကဴလဂဝ်ဒဵု noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Mòcheno
1 entries- lutter noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Nepali
1 entries- गुराँस noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Polish
3 entries- azalia noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- różanecznik noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Pontic Greek
2 entries- κομάρι noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- τσιφίνι noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Portuguese
2 entries- azaleia noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Romanian
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Russian
2 entries- рододе́ндр noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- рододе́ндрон noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ròs-chraoibh noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pjenišnik noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- пјенишник noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- рододендрон noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Slovak
1 entries- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Spanish
1 entries- rododendro noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Svan
3 entries- ზიშხორა noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- შგო̄რი noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- ჰადრა noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Swedish
2 entries- alpros noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- rododendron noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Turkish
4 entries- eğri noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- kafil noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- kaful noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
- kara ağu noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Ukrainian
1 entries- рододендрон noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Volapük
1 entries- rododen noun (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
There's a profusion of rhododendron in her garden, blooming in a variety of colours.
Source: tatoeba (6190904)
There at our neighbour Barb's, cutting rhododendron flowers, is Linda. Linda was born in a barn in the province of Alberta. She now lives with the Chans in a Spanish mansion. She says that her father was half-Cree. I say, "You're part-Native? I can see it in you! You're a real Canadian! You should be proud!"
Source: tatoeba (8795038)
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