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azalea noun. M18.
[mod. Latin from Greek, use as noun of fem. of azaleos dry (because flourishing in dry soil).]
Any of a large group of rhododendrons, most of which are deciduous.
mountain azalea, trailing azalea a pink-flowered evergreen alpine shrub, Loiseleuria procumbens, of the heath family.
? Orig. regarded as members of a distinct genus Azalea.