oleander

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The more I reflected as I stood beneath the great oleander, the more puzzled did I become.

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  1. noun A poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub (Nerium oleander) having fragrant white, rose, or purple flowers, whorled leaves, and long follicles containing numerous comose seeds. Also called rosebay.

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  • Other plants of an ornamental kind were mixed with the oleander, but the latter appeared to be the favourite footnote... While passing through Lubeck on my way out to St. Petersburg I was much struck with the taste for flower-plants displayed by the people of that old-world city. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • Sense wiles are comparable to the evergreen oleander, fragrant with its multicolored flowers: every part of the plant is poisonous. —  Autobiography of a Yogi
  • But if they ate poisonous plants, such as oleander, they could become very sick. —  SanLuisObispo.com: 911
  • Toxic ones include hyacinth, oleander, and elephant's ear. —  KRIS - RSS | Local News
  • On either side grew oleander, acacia, laurel, paw-paw, and many flowering shrubs; while in the distance, against the sky, I could see a tall tree scathed by lightning, and leafless In vain I looked out for a fire, to indicate the camp of my companions, when suddenly Caesar, starting forward, gave a loud bark. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
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  1. Medieval Latin, probably alteration (influenced by Latin olea, olive) of Late Latin lorandrum, rhododendron, alteration (probably influenced by Latin laurea, lōrea, laurel, because of its similar-shaped leaves) of Late Latin rodandrum, from Latin rhododendron; see rhododendron.

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  1. = D. G. Swedish Danish oleander, from French oléandre = Spanish oleandro, eloendro = Portuguese eloendro, loendro = Italian oleandro (Middle Latin lorandrum, lauriendum, arodandrum), corrupt forms, resting on L. olea, olive-tree, and laurus, laurel, of Latin rhododendron: see rhododendron.
 

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