Azaleas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Azalea \A*za"le*a\ (?; 97), n.; pl. {Azaleas}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry
     ground.] (Bot.)
     A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or
     of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely
     distinct from {Rhododendron}.


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