false azalea

false azalea
noun
straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Menziesia, ↑genus Menziesia

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noun
: a shrub (Menziesia ferruginea) of the Rocky mountains having foliage with a bluish tinge and bell-shaped inconspicuous flowers

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  • Azalea nudiflora — Honeysuckle Hon ey*suc kle, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[=u]ge privet. See {Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. [1913 Webster] Note: The honeysuckles are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Azalea — noun /əˈzeɪljə/ A botanical name at the rank of genus. Circumscription of the genus will vary with taxonomic viewpoint. Currently Azalea is submerged in Rhododendron. <!false honeysuckle …   Wiktionary

  • Menziesia — noun deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia • Syn: ↑genus Menziesia • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family …   Useful english dictionary

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  • fool's huckleberry — noun straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell shaped flowers • Syn: ↑false azalea, ↑Menziesia ferruginea • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Menziesia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Menziesia — noun deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia • Syn: ↑Menziesia • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Menziesia ferruginea — noun straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell shaped flowers • Syn: ↑false azalea, ↑fool s huckleberry • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Menziesia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Azaleas — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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