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ROSEBAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rosebay mean? 

ROSEBAY (noun)
  The noun ROSEBAY has 1 sense:

1. late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ROSEBAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROSEBAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhododendron maxima; rosebay

Hypernyms ("rosebay" is a kind of...):

rhododendron (any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers)


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