azalea
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7.4
- noun
- /əˈzeɪliə/
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azalea
- I was checking on my azaleas.
- azaleas and rhododendrons
Tobacco colored, they hang where white lilacs and pink azaleas blush to springs.
- Tobacco colored, they hang where white lilacs and pink azaleas blush to springs.
Examples
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Honey Hill in Covington, Georgia, is named after many sweet blooming azaleas, dogwoods, magnolias, and honeybees found around the farm.
Academic text (1993) -
In the sandy front yard, between the twin palmettos, the big azalea bush is in full coral-pink bloom.
Fiction book (1996) -
I will keep the white azalea.
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Miss Stewart, I'm having a big problem with my azaleas.
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Shaped boxwoods and azaleas ran along the front of the house.
Fiction book (1995) -
The wind is blowing the azalea petals off the bushes.
Fiction book (1997) -
When she reaches it, she comprehends: the azalea is alive with butterflies, dozens of them.
Fiction book (1996) -
We picked a soft spot near the azalea bushes and turned the manicured lawn with our spades.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the spring, colorful blossoms of mountain laurel and azalea set off by white outcroppings are a photographer's dream.
Academic text (2001) -
In spring, the garden is filled with colorful azaleas that attract many butterflies.
Synonyms
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6.2
An evergreen bush or small tree with thick leaves and groups of showy bell-shaped flowers
A large group of bushes with bright flowers from cool northern areas
Compounds
- US
A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers
How Ornamental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Azalea comes from the Greek word azaleos, which means 'dry' because these shrubs were often found on dry rocks and hills. So imagine a bright flowering bush that can grow in 'dry' places to help you remember that an azalea is a showy, often ornamental shrub.