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  • noun Plural form of oleander.

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Examples

  • The Melanesians have, I think, twenty-nine flower gardens, and they bring the flowers, of flowers, and the oleanders are a sight!

    Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

  • “What beautiful flowers,” Kit chirped as Datura fussed with a vase of bright red oleanders on the end table.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • “What beautiful flowers,” Kit chirped as Datura fussed with a vase of bright red oleanders on the end table.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • “What beautiful flowers,” Kit chirped as Datura fussed with a vase of bright red oleanders on the end table.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • “What beautiful flowers,” Kit chirped as Datura fussed with a vase of bright red oleanders on the end table.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Perhaps some of the most striking natural features of the property are a 500-year-old towering plane tree, which rests between the main building and the Queen's pavilion, and the colorful bushels of bamboo, azaleas, hydrangeas, oleanders, rhododendrons and camellias landscaped in elaborate patterns and designs throughout.

    Maria Russo: Glamour, Gardens and George Clooney in Lake Como Maria Russo 2011

  • Occasional oleanders appear on the roadside in explosions of red, white and fuchsia.

    Enjoy the Ride 2010

  • And some plants are toxic to goats including ornamentals such as azaleas, oleanders and rhododendrons.

    Free-Range Landscaping 2010

  • Named after the Arabic word for the oleanders that had been planted along its avenues, in a futile attempt to soften the ferocity of the desert sun, Habbaniya may have been dull, but its conveniences made the harsh desert conditions tolerable.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • Many of those places simply didn't exist anymore -- it had been a long while since the days when Hurston would set off in her houseboat of a car and bid a "hasty goodbye to Eatonville's oaks and oleanders."

    Following the dust tracks: Touring Florida through the eyes of Zora Neale Hurston Rebecca Bengal 2010

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