- azalea
[azalea 词源字典]
- azalea: see arid
[azalea etymology, azalea origin, 英语词源] - azalea (n.)
- type of flowering shrub, 1753, Modern Latin, coined by Linnaeus from the fem. of Greek azaleos "dry," related to azein "to dry up" (see ash (n.1)). The plant thrives in sandy soil.