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Azalea or Rhododendron viscosa
Swamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). Swamp blackbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen. (c) The European purple gallinule. Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub (Azalea, or Rhododendron, viscosa) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink. Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie. Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple. Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata). Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite. Swamp partridge (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges. Swamp robin (Zo["o]l.), the chewink. Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet bay. Swamp sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite Rho`do*chro"site, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose + ??? a coloring.] (Min.) Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also dialogite.
Rhodocrinite
Rhodocrinite Rho*doc"ri*nite, n. [Gr. "ro`don rose + ??? lily.] (Paleon.) A rose encrinite.
Rhododendron
Rhododendron Rho`do*den"dron, n. [L., fr. Gr. "rodo`dendron, literally, rose tree; "ro`don rose + de`ndron tree. See Rose.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.
Rhodomontade
Rhodomontade Rhod`o*mon*tade", n. See Rodomontade.
Rhodomontader
Rhodomontader Rhod`o*mon*tad"er, n. See Rodomontador.
Rhodonite
Rhodonite Rho"don*ite, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose. ] (Min.) Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.
Rhodophane
Rhodophane Rho"do*phane, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose + ??? to show.] (Physiol.) The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. See Chromophane. --W. K["U]hne.
rhodopsin
Visual Vis"u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See Vision.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. --Milton. 2. That can be seen; visible. [R.] Visual angle. (Opt.) See under Angle. Visual cone (Persp.), a cone whose vertex is at the point of sight, or the eye. Visual plane, any plane passing through the point of sight. Visual point, the point at which the visual rays unite; the position of the eye. Visual purple (Physiol.), a photochemical substance, of a purplish red color, contained in the retina of human eyes and in the eyes of most animals. It is quickly bleached by light, passing through the colors, red, orange, and yellow, and then disappearing. Also called rhodopsin, and vision purple. See Optography. Visual ray, a line from the eye, or point of sight. Visual white (Physiol.), the final product in the action of light on visual purple. It is reconverted into visual purple by the regenerating action of the choroidal epithelium. Visual yellow (Physiol.), a product intermediate between visual purple and visual white, formed in the photochemical action of light on visual purple.
Rhodopsin
Rhodopsin Rho*dop"sin, n. [Gr. "ro`don rose + "w`ps eye.] (Physiol.) The visual purple. See under Visual.
Rhodosperm
Rhodosperm Rho"do*sperm, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose + spe`rma a seed.] (Bot.) Any seaweed with red spores. Note: As the name of a subclass, Rhodosperms, or Rhodosperme[ae], is synonymous with Floride[ae] (which see.)
Rhodospermeae
Rhodosperm Rho"do*sperm, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose + spe`rma a seed.] (Bot.) Any seaweed with red spores. Note: As the name of a subclass, Rhodosperms, or Rhodosperme[ae], is synonymous with Floride[ae] (which see.)
Sebastichthys rhodochloris
Flyfish Fly"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A California scorp[ae]noid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.

Meaning of Rhodo from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, Rhodos/Rhodus (Ancient Gr****: Ῥόδος, romanized: Rhódos) or Rhode (Ancient Gr****: Ῥόδη, romanized: Rhódē), was the goddess and personification...
- Rhodo was a Christian writer who flourished in the time of the Roman emperor Commodus (180-92); he was a native of the province of Asia Minor who came...
- Top Station and Tipadamala (2135 m) is also nearby. Treks to the peak via Rhodo Valley (favourable for rhododendron flowers) can be organized through the...
- Rhodo is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. A post office called Rhodo was established in 1906, and remained...
- The Rhodo-rpoB RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. Rhodo-rpoB motifs are found in Rhodobacterales. Rhodo-rpoB...
- Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-07-17. "Koloss von Rhodos: Standort entdeckt!". presseportal.de. Pressemitteilung Gruner+Jahr, P.M...
- Technology, MIT Press, 2001, ISBN 0-262-14075-6, p. 301 Rosie: Speculum Sophi**** Rhodo-Stauroti**** The Alchemy website: Speculum sophi**** rhodostauroti**** University...
- 1962) Green and Bousfield 1983 Pseudomonas rhodos Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) Methylobacterium rhodos (Heumann 1962) Green and Bousfield 1983...
- Rhodes (Gr****: Ρόδος, Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the prin****l city and a former muni****lity on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011...
- (Ancient Gr****: Ὄχιμος) was the eldest of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos. One of his brothers, Tenages, was murdered by four others: Actis, Macareus...