rhododendron的词源

英文词源

rhododendron

rhododendron: [17] A rhododendron is etymologically a ‘rose-tree’. The term comes from Greek rhodódendron, a compound formed from rhódon ‘rose’ (apparently a relative of English rose) and déndron ‘tree’ (source of English dendrite [18] and dendrochronology [20]). This denoted the ‘oleander’, an application it retained through Latin rhododendron into English. The first record of its use for the plant we now know as the rhododendron dates from the mid 17th century.
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rhododendron (n.)

c. 1600, from French rhododendron and directly from Latin rhododendron, from Greek rhododendron, literally "rose-tree," from rhodon "rose" (see rose (n.1)) + dendron "tree" (see dendro-).

中文词源

rhododendron：杜鹃花

来自希腊语 rhododendron,玫瑰树，来自希腊语 rhodon,玫瑰，词源同 rose,dendron,树，词源 同 tree,dentrology.

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