azalea

[ uh-zeyl-yuh ]

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noun

any of numerous shrubs belonging to a particular group (Azalea) of the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, comprising species with handsome flower clusters of various colors, some of which are familiar in cultivation: the group was formerly the botanical genus Azalea but is now a horticultural classification.

azalea

/ əˈzeɪljə /

any ericaceous plant of the group Azalea, formerly a separate genus but now included in the genus Rhododendron: cultivated for their showy pink or purple flowers

Origin of azalea¹

1750–60; < New Latin < Greek azaléa, noun use of feminine of azaléos dry; so named because it grows in dry soil

Origin of azalea¹

C18: via New Latin from Greek, from azaleos dry; from its supposed preference for a dry situation

Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in New South Wales.

Iggy Azalea herself might not even understand how polarizing and important a figure Iggy Azalea has become.

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The Artist Formerly Known as Snoop Lion posts an unflattering meme of Iggy Azalea and all hell breaks loose.

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Something that he saw at a heavily-barred window on the ground floor of Azalea Lodge evidently gave him food for reflection.

In half-an-hour he was sound asleep, and a dead silence reigned in Azalea Lodge.

He flung his three-pronged hook over the high wall which separated Azalea Lodge from the empty house.

All that morning a little crowd stopped to whisper and point at Azalea Lodge.

Her hat was covered with poppies and wild azalea, and she had a sheaf of buttercups and "blue eyes" in her belt.

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