noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˌəʊliˈændə(ɹ)/
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General-American:/ˌoʊliˈændɚ/
General-American:/ˈoʊliændɚ/
rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:OW1 L IY0 AE2 N D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laurel rose, rose laurel, rosebay
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rose bay, Nerium oleander
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poisonous plant
History
Etymology
From French oléandre, from Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دِفْلَى
(diflā)
— A poisonous shrub
Armenian:
դափնեվարդ
(dapʻnevard)
— A poisonous shrub
Armenian:
ճփնի
(čpʻni)
— A poisonous shrub
Basque:
heriotzorri
— A poisonous shrub
Bengali:
করবী
(korobi)
— A poisonous shrub
Bengali:
করবীর
(korobir)
— A poisonous shrub
Bulgarian:
олеандър
(oleandǎr)
— A poisonous shrub
Bulgarian:
зокум
(zokum)
— A poisonous shrub
Burmese:
နွယ်သာကီ
(nwaisaki)
— A poisonous shrub
Catalan:
baladre
— A poisonous shrub
Chinese Mandarin:
夾竹桃 /夹竹桃
(jiāzhútáo)
— A poisonous shrub
Cornish:
bayros
— A poisonous shrub
Cornish:
bayrosen
— A poisonous shrub
Czech:
oleandr
— A poisonous shrub
Esperanto:
oleandro
— A poisonous shrub
Finnish:
oleanteri
— A poisonous shrub
Finnish:
oleanteripuu
— A poisonous shrub
French:
laurier-rose
— A poisonous shrub
French:
oléandre
— A poisonous shrub
Galician:
loendro
— A poisonous shrub
Galician:
adelfa
— A poisonous shrub
Georgian:
ოლეანდრე
(oleandre)
— A poisonous shrub
German:
Oleander
— A poisonous shrub
Greek:
πικροδάφνη
(pikrodáfni)
— A poisonous shrub
Greek:
ροδοδάφνη
(rododáfni)
— A poisonous shrub
Ancient Greek:
νήριον
(nḗrion)
— A poisonous shrub
Hebrew:
הַרְדּוּף
(hardúf)
— A poisonous shrub
Hindi:
कनेर
(kaner)
— A poisonous shrub
Hungarian:
leander
— A poisonous shrub
Hungarian:
babérrózsa
— A poisonous shrub
Ido:
rozlauro
— A poisonous shrub
Irish:
oiliandar
— A poisonous shrub
Italian:
oleandro
— A poisonous shrub
Japanese:
夾竹桃
(kyōchikutō)
— A poisonous shrub
Korean:
협죽도
(hyeopjukdo)
— A poisonous shrub
Central Kurdish:
ژاڵە
(jalle)
— A poisonous shrub
Southern Kurdish:
ژاڵە
(jalle)
— A poisonous shrub
Latin:
nerium
— A poisonous shrub
Macedonian:
леандер
(leander)
— A poisonous shrub
Maltese:
difla
— A poisonous shrub
Piedmontese:
leànder
— A poisonous shrub
Polish:
oleander
— A poisonous shrub
Portuguese:
oleandro
— A poisonous shrub
Portuguese:
espirradeira
— A poisonous shrub
Portuguese:
loendro
— A poisonous shrub
Portuguese:
alandro
— A poisonous shrub
Romanian:
leandru
— A poisonous shrub
Romanian:
oleandru
— A poisonous shrub
Russian:
олеа́ндр
(oleándr)
— A poisonous shrub
Spanish:
adelfa
— A poisonous shrub
Tagalog:
adelpa
— A poisonous shrub
Tagalog:
baladre
— A poisonous shrub
Tamil:
அரளி
(araḷi)
— A poisonous shrub
Telugu:
గన్నేరు
(gannēru)
— A poisonous shrub
Thai:
ยี่โถ
(yîi-tǒo)
— A poisonous shrub
Turkish:
zakkum
— A poisonous shrub
Turkish:
ağı ağacı
— A poisonous shrub
Ottoman Turkish:
زقوم
(zakkum)
— A poisonous shrub
Ottoman Turkish:
اغو آغاجی
(ağu ağacı)
— A poisonous shrub
