noun
- a deciduous shrub of eastern North America with purple-pink flowers that bloom before the leaves appear
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The rhodora bloomed early in the spring woods.
- We spotted a rhodora growing wild near the stream.
- The rhodora’s bright flowers stood out against the bare branches.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a famous poem about the rhodora.
- The rhodora is native to boggy areas of New England.
- Botanists classify the rhodora as a type of rhododendron.