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词汇 nerium
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Definition of nerium in English:

nerium

noun ˈnɪərɪəm
Botany
  • Any of two or three evergreen shrubs constituting the genus Nerium (family Apocynaceae), especially the oleander, N. oleander; (in form Nerium) the genus itself.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Bibliotheca Eliotae. From classical Latin nērium the oleander (Pliny; adopted as a genus name in Linnaeus Species Plantarum I. 209) from Hellenistic Greek νήριον.

Definition of nerium in US English:

nerium

nounˈnɪərɪəm
Botany
  • Any of two or three evergreen shrubs constituting the genus Nerium (family Apocynaceae), especially the oleander, N. oleander; (in form Nerium) the genus itself.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Bibliotheca Eliotae. From classical Latin nērium the oleander (Pliny; adopted as a genus name in Linnaeus Species Plantarum I. 209) from Hellenistic Greek νήριον.

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