rhodie
See also: Rhodie and rhodié
English
Etymology
Contraction of rhododendron + -ie.
Noun
rhodie (plural rhodies)
- (informal) A rhododendron.
- 1969, Ted Van Veen, Rhododendrons in America, Portland, Or.: Binford & Mort Publishing, published 1980, →ISBN, page 118:
- The banging of rhodie leaves against one another and against other plants can damage them.
- 1983, Graham Stuart Thomas, Graham Stuart Thomas’ Three Gardens of Pleasant Flowers: With Notes on Their Design, Maintenance, and Plants, Capability’s Books, →ISBN, LCCN 83-72172, page 34:
- It was my first sight of Rhododendron griersonianum – a “dry soil rhodie”, according to Mr White – and Menziesia ciliicalyx, Clethra delavayi and Enkianthus pallidiflorus were fresh to my eyes.
- 1995, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Corruption of Blood, Dutton, →ISBN, page 139:
- It had dark green shiny leaves like a rhodie, but its flowers looked like giant purple pansies.