oleander

From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊliˈændɚ/, /ˈoʊliændɚ/
• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

oleander (countable and uncountable, plural oleanders)

1. Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.

• Nerium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oleander in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• DeLorean, reloaned

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

oleander

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• IPA^(key): /ɔ.lɛˈan.dɛr/

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• Rhymes: -andɛr
• Syllabification: o‧le‧an‧der

oleander m inan

1. oleander

• oleander in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oleander in Polish dictionaries at PWN