ROSEBAY

rosebay, Rhododendron maxima

(noun) late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

rosebay (countable and uncountable, plural rosebays)

oleander

rosebay willowherb

Source: Wiktionary


Rose"bay`, n. (Bot.) (a) the oleander. [Obs.] (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron. [U.S.] (c) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

24 February 2025

ANOMALY

(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon