Alpine azalea

Alpine azalea

noun
a low, branching shrub, Loiseleuria procumbens, of northern regions, having evergreen leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.

Origin:
1930–35
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alpine azalea

noun
creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers 
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