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Oleander

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nerium oleandernounan 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
rose baynounAn eastern suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Woollahra and Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after George Rose (politician).

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nerium oleandernounan 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
rose baynounAn eastern suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Woollahra and Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after George Rose (politician).
rosebaynounRosebay willowherb.
neriumNerium oleander, commonly known as oleander or rosebay, is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and landscaping plant.
nerionnounoleander (Nerium oleander)
rose laurelnounThe oleander (Nerium oleander).
rhododendronnounAny of various flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, especially
dogbanenounAny plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
yellow oleandernounThe plant Cascabela thevetia.
dogs-banenounAlternative spelling of dogbane. [Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.]
dogrosenounAlternative form of dog rose. [A European wild rose shrub of species Rosa canina, having fragrant white or pink flowers and stems with sharp spines.]
dog-laurelnounAny of several species of shrubs belonging to genus Leucothoe, especially Leucothoe fontanesiana, Leucothoe catesbaei, and Leucothoe editorum.
oleasternounCultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.
wild olivenounAny of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
olearianoun(botany) Any of the genus Olearia of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
sand olivenounA shrub ranging from South Africa to New Zealand, Dodonaea angustifolia or Dodonaea thunbergii.
alstonianounAny of the genus Alstonia of evergreen trees and shrubs in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
doronicumnounAny of several plants of the genus Doronicum, including some called leopardsbane.
orpinenounAny of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium.
spikenardnounA perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.

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