oleander
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
Origin of oleander
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How to use oleander in a sentence
She and Felix have something pleasanter to talk about, out under the oaks, or back in the shadow of the oleanders.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinFar away below you lies Rapallo in the crook of the bay among the oleanders and vines.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonPietrasanta is set at the foot of the Hills of Paradise, littered with marble, planted with figs and oleanders, full of the sun.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonAt the base of the fan runs the Aliso, without haste, bordered on either bank by oleanders growing like rushes.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanAmy noticed in gardens and windows fewer hollyhocks, oleanders, and other bright flowers than she had seen at Meteghan.
Amy in Acadia | Helen Leah Reed
British Dictionary definitions for oleander
/ (ˌəʊlɪˈændə) /
a poisonous evergreen Mediterranean apocynaceous shrub or tree, Nerium oleander, with fragrant white, pink, or purple flowers: Also called: rosebay
Origin of oleander
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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