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AZALEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("azalea" is a kind of...):
rhododendron (any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers)
Holonyms ("azalea" is a member of...):
Azaleastrum; subgenus Azalea; subgenus Azaleastrum (group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus; now included in the genus Rhododendron)