Definition of Indian rhododendron

1. Noun. Evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers.

Exact synonyms: Melastoma Malabathricum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Rhododendron

Indian pipe
Indian plantain
Indian podophyllum resin
Indian poke
Indian poker
Indian pony
Indian potato
Indian python
Indian race
Indian rat snake
Indian rattlebox
Indian red
Indian relish
Indian rhinoceros
Indian rhinoplasty
Indian rhododendron
Indian rhubarb
Indian rice
Indian rosewood
Indian rupee
Indian salad
Indian senna
Indian sickness
Indian strawberry
Indian style
Indian summer
Indian summers
Indian sunburn
Indian sunburns
Indian tapir

Literary usage of Indian rhododendron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"Many of the kinds raised from R. ponticum and the indian rhododendron, while they thrive in mild districts in the south of England and West of France, ..."

2. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Joseph Paxton, Thomas Baines (1884)
"Yet, while the tender crimson species of the indian rhododendron are brought to act upon the hardy pale faces ..."

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