Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Azalea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Azalea \A*za"le*a\ (?; 97), n.; pl. {Azaleas}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry
ground.] (Bot.)
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or
of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely
distinct from Rhododendron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
azalea
n : any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy
flowers of various colors
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