oleander

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions

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

"Only a mad stoker off the Oleander, signore. — The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love, William Le Queux
I do not know which I dislike most, foreign usurpation or the oleander. — Remarks, Bill Nye
Mind! take care! you are crushing these little oleanders--and now the strawberry plants--the whole heap. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor

rose bay, Nerium oleander

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