oleander
/ˌəʊlɪˈændə(r)/noun
1- a poisonous evergreen Old World shrub which is widely grown in warm countries for its clusters of white, pink, or red flowers夹竹桃, 欧洲夹竹桃。
1.1
- Nerium oleander, family Apocynaceae.拉丁名Nerium oleander,夹竹桃科。
词源
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin, of unknown ultimate origin.