whigmaleery (iou) and rhododendron (iou)

whigmaleery (iou)

whigmaleery noun. Chiefly Scot. M18.
[Origin unkn.]
Something fanciful or whimsical; a whim; a trifling frivolous ornament, a trinket.

rhododendron noun. . E17.
[Latin from Greek, from rhodon rose + dendron tree.]
The oleander, Nerium oleander. Only in E17.
Any of numerous shrubs or low trees constituting the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, widely cultivated for their showy, clustered, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers of varied colours; spec. an evergreen shrub or tree of this kind, esp. the purple-flowered R. ponticum of Asia Minor etc. (Cf. AZALEA.) E17.

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