Look up: oleander

1. oleander
   Evergreen Mediterranean shrub belonging to the dogbane family, with pink or white flowers and aromatic leaves that produce and release the poison oleandrin. (Nerium oleander, family Apocynaceae.)
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2. Oleander
   (Nerium) These are evergreen flowering shrubs that are found wild in the Orient. They can grow up to 20 feet tall. All parts of this plant are poisonous if eaten. They are great for cultivating outdoors in the far South. The leaves are dark green, leathery and lance-shaped; they average 6 inches in ...
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3. oleander
   [n] - an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
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4. Oleander
   O`le·an'der noun [ French oléandre (cf. Italian oleandro , Late Latin lorandrum ), probably corrupted, under the influence of laurus laurel, from Latin rhododendron , Greek ...; ... rose + ... tree.] (Botany)...
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5. oleander
   <botany> A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose. ... Every part of the plant is dang...
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6. oleander
   rose bay 1 Nerium oleander noun an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
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7. Oleander
   • (n.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.
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8. oleander
   any of the ornamental evergreen shrubs of the genus Nerium, belonging to the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) and having a poisonous milky juice.
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9. oleander
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′lē-an′dĕr Definitions: 1. The bark and leaves of Nerium oleander (family Apocynaceae), a shrub of the eastern Mediterranean; formerly used as a diuretic and heart tonic.
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10. oleander
    oleander: see dogbane.
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11. Oleander
    Oleander (Nerium oleander) is a poisonous shrub of the dogbane family native to southern Europe and Asia. It has evergreen linear-lanceolate, leathery, dark green leaves and showy clusters of usually pink, red or white flowers with five spreading corolla lobes clustered at the stem tips. The fruit is an erect, narrow, reddish-brown pod.
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12. Oleander
    (band) `Oleander` is a post-grunge band from Sacramento, California, USA. Its name is derived from the poisonous wildflower oleander, which line the highways of Northern California. In their nine years of activity, the band released four studio albums under various record labels. Their most s...
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