rhododendron maxima

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

   Synonymsrosebay

   Broaderrhododendron

Questions about rhododendron maxima

What does rhododendron maxima mean?

rhododendron maxima means "late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers".

What is another word for rhododendron maxima?

Close synonyms include rosebay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rhododendron maxima a common word?

rhododendron maxima is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.