A beautiful evergreen shrub (
Nerium oleander) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers. It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also
rosebay,
rose laurel, and
South-sea rose. [
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" Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat."
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