oleander
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
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How to use oleander in a sentence
White oleander (2002) may be the most underrated movie about maternal malevolence.
The moment I will never forget came one day at school behind a pink oleander bush during recess.
Over all swayed a few aged cypresses, an oleander thicket, ferns, and the twining wild vine.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisAll your little Rose asks is the right to an occasional Wednesday matinée when business droops like a sick oleander.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonWhatever it was, poor oleander was certainly hard at work now.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman | Emma Speed Sampson
Cyrène passed down her favourite oleander path at sunset to the great vinery in the Noailles garden.
The False Chevalier | William Douw LighthallThe loveliness of the oleander blossoms and the sunset over the garden made a harmony with her dream.
The False Chevalier | William Douw Lighthall
British Dictionary definitions for oleander
/ (ˌəʊlɪˈændə) /
a poisonous evergreen Mediterranean apocynaceous shrub or tree, Nerium oleander, with fragrant white, pink, or purple flowers: Also called: rosebay
Origin of oleander
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