英语词汇rhododendron的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	rhododendron
词源	rhododendron. This large genus of shrubs with very large, showy flowers takes its name from the Greek for rose (rhodo) and tree (dendron). The name was given by the Greeks to the oleander, an unrelated species, but Linnaeus applied it to the shrubs we now know as rhododendruns when classifying them. See also azalea; linnaean system.
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