azalea

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

• IPA^(key): /əˈzeɪliə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

azalea (plural azaleas)

1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

• azalea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed from New Latin [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /aːˈzaː.leː.aː/, /aːˈzaː.li.aː/

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• Hyphenation: aza‧lea

azalea f or m (plural azalea's, diminutive azaleaatje n)

1. azalea, plant of the obsolete genus Azalea

azalea (accusative singular azalean, plural azaleaj, accusative plural azaleajn)

1. of or relating to an azalea

• azaleo (“azalea”)

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

azalea f (plural azalee)

1. azalea

From Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

azalea f (genitive azaleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) azalea

First-declension noun.

• azálea (Mexico)

Borrowed from New Latin Azalea, a genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because the plant grows in dry soil.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈlea/ [a.θaˈle.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asaˈlea/ [a.saˈle.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: a‧za‧le‧a

azalea f (plural azaleas)

1. azalea

• “azalea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014