azalea
noun/əˈzeɪliə/
/əˈzeɪliə/
- a plant or bush with large flowers that may be pink, purple, white or yellow, often grown in a potWord Originmid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, feminine of azaleos ‘dry’, because the shrub flourishes in dry soil.
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