Definitions for oleanders

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oleanders o·le·an·der

Spelling: [oh-lee-an-der, oh-lee-an-]

IPA: /ˈoʊ liˌæn dər, ˌoʊ liˈæn-/

Oleanders is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 702 anagrams from letters in oleanders (adeelnors).

Definitions for oleanders

noun

1. 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.

Origin of oleanders

1540-50; Medieval Latin oleander, oliandrum, obscurely akin to Late Latin laurandrum, perhaps a conflation of Latin laurus laurel and rhododendron Examples for oleanders

I heard of but one fatal case of oleander poisoning—and that was doubtful.

You yourself, maestro, told me to resort to the oleander leaves.

I hid his clothes in the oleander bushes that fringe the water.

Near them was a grove of oleander bushes, loaded with beautiful blossoms.

Fig. 52 shows an oleander cutting at a, a carnation at b, and a geranium at c.

Now, the leaves of the oleander are extremely poisonous to man and beast.

Such terms as "gravel" and "oleander" had produced this attraction.

But man who has no strong instincts, often dies poisoned by the oleander's juices.

Whatever it was, poor oleander was certainly hard at work now.

But the oleander leaves did not get rid of the panniers of the three poisoned beasts.