Definition of Azaleastrum

1. Noun. Group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus; now included in the genus Rhododendron.

Exact synonyms: Subgenus Azalea, Subgenus Azaleastrum
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Genus Rhododendron
Member holonyms: Azalea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azaleastrum

Aythya americana
Aythya ferina
Aythya marila
Aythya valisineria
Aytos
Ayurveda
Ayurvedic
Ayya Vaikundar
Ayyavazhi
Az Zarqa
Azactam
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Azadirachta
Azadirachta indica
Azal
Azaleastrum (current term)
Azaouad
Azar
Azari
Azawad
Azawakh
Azera
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani Republic
Azerbaijani Turkic
Azerbaijani monetary unit
Azerbaijanis
Azerbajdzhan

Literary usage of Azaleastrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"Azaleastrum. Branching shrubs with alternate deciduous leaves and axillary i-3-flowered clusters ; flowers rather large ; corolla saucer-shaped or ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Azaleastrum. found wild, but not yet in cult.—The species is hardy, but difficult to cult.: will probably succeed best on a rockery in a cool and shady ..."

3. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1905)
"... and by its vegetative .characters alone must be held a good geographical subspecies at least. E. Azaleastrum. Akin to E. umbellatum, but strongly suf- ..."

4. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania by University of Pennsylvania Botanical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory (1907)
"Common everywhere in the Rockies. Ledum pal us t re L. Near the road between Banff and Anthracite. Rhododendron albiflorum Hook.; Azaleastrum ..."

5. Bulletin by Canada Experimental Farms Service, Ottawa Canada. Central Experimental Farm, Canada Central Experimental Farm, Ottowa, Experimental Farms Service, Canada (1899)
"Azaleastrum. 1872.—R. albiflorum, HOOK. Northern Rocky Mountains, Oregon, and British Columbia. ..."

6. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten by Adolf Engler, Robert Knuds Friedrich Pilger, Kurt Krause, Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (1908)
"(Azaleastrum albiflorum (Hook.; Rydb.). S. 40 bei 14. Kalmia L. füge ein: Small (1. c. 886) gründet auf Kalmia hirsuta Walt, die Gattung Kal- miella Small. ..."

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