azalea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

WordNet

A*za"le*a noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry ground.
Wordforms
plural Azaleas
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.

Webster 1913