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MOUNTAIN AZALEA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain azalea mean?

• MOUNTAIN AZALEA (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN AZALEA has 1 sense:

1. creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers

Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN AZALEA used as a noun is very rare.

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• MOUNTAIN AZALEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alpine azalea; Loiseleuria procumbens; mountain azalea

Hypernyms ("mountain azalea" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("mountain azalea" is a member of...):

genus Loiseleuria; Loiseleuria (one species: alpine azalea)

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