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azalea
/əˈzeɪljə/
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What does azalea mean?
noun
- A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
proper noun
- A female given name.
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/əˈzeɪljə/
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This is the evergreen so-called Azalea that is so commonly cultivated in greenhouses, with long hirsute leaves, and large showy flowers.
Azalea, Azalea viscosa* and A. nudiflora.* Require partial shade, and a woodsy soil.
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Madame de Cintré walked some distance away, and paused before a great plant, an azalea, which was flourishing in a porcelain tub before her window.
The pines, great and small, grew wide apart; and even between the clumps of nutmeg and azalea, wide open spaces baked in the hot sunshine.
They went together through the gorgeous unnatural beauty of cactus and azalea and found Leonard Quinton, poet and romancer, with his head hanging downward off his ottoman and his red curls sweeping the ground.