լաշի

Armenian

Rhododendron ponticum flower from Cerasus, Pontus

Pronunciation

Noun

լաշի • (laši)

  1. (Hamshen, Trabzon) common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
    Synonym: կոմար (komar)
    Hypernym: մրտավարդ (mrtavard)

Usage notes

Originally, a word of the Pontic dialect area, referring to a local species of rhododendron. In new botanical works[1][2] treated as a synonym of the genus name մրտավարդ (mrtavard).

Declension

Derived terms

  • լաշուտ (lašut)
  • Լաշուտ (Lašut, toponym)

References

  1. Taxtadžjan A. L., editor (1973), Flora Armenii [The Flora of Armenia] (in Russian), volume 6, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 7–8
  2. Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981) “մրտավարդ”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 863, page 69b

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