azalea

name

1. A female given name.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Azalea, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “to dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.