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Webster 1913 Edition
Azalea
A-za′le-a
(?; 97)
, Noun.
pl.
Azaleas
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] dry, – so called because supposed to grow best in dry ground.]
(Bot.)
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from
Rhododendron
.