rosebayn.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊzbeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈroʊzˌbeɪ/

Forms: see rose n.¹ and adj.¹ and bay n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rose n.¹, bay n.¹

Etymology: < rose n.¹ + bay n.¹

1. The oleander or rose laurel, Nerium oleander. Also rosebay tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > of the Mediterranean or Southern Europe > oleander

oleander1526

rosagine1542

nerium1545

nerion1548

rosebay1548

rose laurel1548

rose tree1578

rhododaphne1581

rhododendron1601

Ceylon rose1842

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.vj^v Nerion otherwyse called Rhododendron..maye be called in englishe Rose bay tree or rose Laurel.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1220 Rose Baie is a small shrub of a gallant shewe like the Baie tree.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Oleander, a certain shrub called Rosebay, in Greek Rododendron, or Rododaphne.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 331 The Flowers seem to resemble the Oleander or Rose-Bay.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Most hired Gardeners are apt to lay the Branches of Rose-Bays,..preferring their own Advantage to their Master's Pleasure, who would delight in seeing a Rose-Bay-Tree adorn'd with Branches at the Foot.

1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 624 (heading) Nerium, the Oleander, or Rose-Bay.

1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 308 N. oleander... This splendid shrub is common in Palestine... Rose Bay-tree.

1871 Ann. Rep. Board Supervisors Louisiana State Univ. 1870 43 The Rose-bay tree (Nerium oleander) with its bunches of rose flowers is one of the finest ornamental shrubs that grows in the gardens of Louisiana.

1903 Gardeners' Chron. 4 July 1/3 This [sc. Rose Laurel] and Rose Bay being applied to the Oleander, in each instance the one name being descriptive of the foliage, the other of the flower.

2000 W. A. Whistler Trop. Ornamentals 330/2 Nerium oleander, oleander, sometimes called rosebay, is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely cultivated in warm regions.

2. In full rosebay willowherb. The willowherb Epilobium angustifolium, which has spikes of pink-purple flowers and is common esp. as a pioneer species on disturbed land; also called fireweed. Cf. willow-herb n. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun]

willow-herb1578

bindweed nightshade1597

enchanter's nightshade1597

rosebay1597

willow1597

French willow1601

willow-flower1633

rose withy1650

codlings-and-cream1670

willow weed1741

gooseberry fool1785

epilobium1809

onagrad1846

cherry-pie1857

apple pie plant1858

slink-weed1858

fiddle-grass1878

epilobe1883

satin flower1891

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cxxii. 386 Rosebay Willowe herbe.

1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 27 Chamænerion sive Epilobium..Rosebay willow-herb, Rose withy, or Willow-flower.

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Rose-withy, vel Rose-bay; Willow-herb.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rose Bay Willowherb, Epilobium.

1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 133 E. angustifolium... Rose-bay. Willow Herb.

1894 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 370 In the corries, where the shingle is interspersed with juniper bushes, you may find the rock-brake and the rose-bay willowherb.

1988 W. Horwood Duncton Quest xxi. 293 The shoots of rosebay willowherb..would, once summer came, rise into their full red-pink glory and sway as tall as the foxgloves.

2002 Times 1 July 31/1 July brings new flowers to the countryside. Among the first is rosebay willow-herb, with its slender spires of pinkish-purple flowers massed on railway embankments.

3. Now chiefly North American. Any of numerous plants and trees of the genus Rhododendron (including those formerly classified in the genus Azalea; cf. rhododendron n. 2); esp. the great laurel, R. maximum, a large shrub of eastern North America with clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers (also more fully rosebay rhododendron). Frequently with distinguishing word. mountain rosebay: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons

mountain rose1640

rhododendron1657

Alpine rose1728

winterbloom1752

azalea1753

mountain rosebay1759

rosebay1760

rhodora1770

mountain laurel1785

swamp azalea1796

big laurel1810

rose tree1818

white honeysuckle1818

meadow pink1827

Pinkster1833

mayflower1838

alpenrose1839

swamp pink1840

rhodie1851

swamp honeysuckle1856

ponticum1875

tree azalea1884

rhodo1886

Kurume azalea1920

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rose Bay, Dwarf, Rhododendron.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 239 Azalea procumbens,..Trailing Rosebay. Highland mountains.

1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 376 Rhododendron maximum, American Rose Bay.

1868 Amer. Bee Jrnl. 3 170/2 The large Rhododendron, Mountain Laural, or Rosebay, yields honey abundantly, but of a deleterious and poisonous quality.

1917 C. H. Snow Wood & Org. Struct. Materials vii. 195 The wood of the Great Laurel or Rose Bay (Rhododendron maximum) is hard, rather brittle, close-grained, and heavy, and is sometimes used as a substitute for Boxwood.

1950 Amer. Midlant Naturalist 43 749 Rhododendron maximum L. Rosebay Rhododendron. Also confined to mountainous areas but absent from the Cumberland.

2006 G. Ellison Blue Ridge Nature Jrnl. 34/1 Rosebay is the only evergreen or deciduous species in the genus that can attain arboreal proportions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rosebay
释义	rosebayn. Brit. /ˈrəʊzbeɪ/, U.S. /ˈroʊzˌbeɪ/ Forms: see rose n.¹ and adj.¹ and bay n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rose n.¹, bay n.¹ Etymology: < rose n.¹ + bay n.¹ 1. The oleander or rose laurel, Nerium oleander. Also rosebay tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > of the Mediterranean or Southern Europe > oleander oleander1526 rosagine1542 nerium1545 nerion1548 rosebay1548 rose laurel1548 rose tree1578 rhododaphne1581 rhododendron1601 Ceylon rose1842 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.vj^v Nerion otherwyse called Rhododendron..maye be called in englishe Rose bay tree or rose Laurel. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1220 Rose Baie is a small shrub of a gallant shewe like the Baie tree. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Oleander, a certain shrub called Rosebay, in Greek Rododendron, or Rododaphne. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 331 The Flowers seem to resemble the Oleander or Rose-Bay. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Most hired Gardeners are apt to lay the Branches of Rose-Bays,..preferring their own Advantage to their Master's Pleasure, who would delight in seeing a Rose-Bay-Tree adorn'd with Branches at the Foot. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 624 (heading) Nerium, the Oleander, or Rose-Bay. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 308 N. oleander... This splendid shrub is common in Palestine... Rose Bay-tree. 1871 Ann. Rep. Board Supervisors Louisiana State Univ. 1870 43 The Rose-bay tree (Nerium oleander) with its bunches of rose flowers is one of the finest ornamental shrubs that grows in the gardens of Louisiana. 1903 Gardeners' Chron. 4 July 1/3 This [sc. Rose Laurel] and Rose Bay being applied to the Oleander, in each instance the one name being descriptive of the foliage, the other of the flower. 2000 W. A. Whistler Trop. Ornamentals 330/2 Nerium oleander, oleander, sometimes called rosebay, is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely cultivated in warm regions. 2. In full rosebay willowherb. The willowherb Epilobium angustifolium, which has spikes of pink-purple flowers and is common esp. as a pioneer species on disturbed land; also called fireweed. Cf. willow-herb n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun] willow-herb1578 bindweed nightshade1597 enchanter's nightshade1597 rosebay1597 willow1597 French willow1601 willow-flower1633 rose withy1650 codlings-and-cream1670 willow weed1741 gooseberry fool1785 epilobium1809 onagrad1846 cherry-pie1857 apple pie plant1858 slink-weed1858 fiddle-grass1878 epilobe1883 satin flower1891 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cxxii. 386 Rosebay Willowe herbe. 1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 27 Chamænerion sive Epilobium..Rosebay willow-herb, Rose withy, or Willow-flower. 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Rose-withy, vel Rose-bay; Willow-herb. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rose Bay Willowherb, Epilobium. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 133 E. angustifolium... Rose-bay. Willow Herb. 1894 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 370 In the corries, where the shingle is interspersed with juniper bushes, you may find the rock-brake and the rose-bay willowherb. 1988 W. Horwood Duncton Quest xxi. 293 The shoots of rosebay willowherb..would, once summer came, rise into their full red-pink glory and sway as tall as the foxgloves. 2002 Times 1 July 31/1 July brings new flowers to the countryside. Among the first is rosebay willow-herb, with its slender spires of pinkish-purple flowers massed on railway embankments. 3. Now chiefly North American. Any of numerous plants and trees of the genus Rhododendron (including those formerly classified in the genus Azalea; cf. rhododendron n. 2); esp. the great laurel, R. maximum, a large shrub of eastern North America with clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers (also more fully rosebay rhododendron). Frequently with distinguishing word. mountain rosebay: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rose Bay, Dwarf, Rhododendron. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 239 Azalea procumbens,..Trailing Rosebay. Highland mountains. 1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 376 Rhododendron maximum, American Rose Bay. 1868 Amer. Bee Jrnl. 3 170/2 The large Rhododendron, Mountain Laural, or Rosebay, yields honey abundantly, but of a deleterious and poisonous quality. 1917 C. H. Snow Wood & Org. Struct. Materials vii. 195 The wood of the Great Laurel or Rose Bay (Rhododendron maximum) is hard, rather brittle, close-grained, and heavy, and is sometimes used as a substitute for Boxwood. 1950 Amer. Midlant Naturalist 43 749 Rhododendron maximum L. Rosebay Rhododendron. Also confined to mountainous areas but absent from the Cumberland. 2006 G. Ellison Blue Ridge Nature Jrnl. 34/1 Rosebay is the only evergreen or deciduous species in the genus that can attain arboreal proportions. 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