rhody

name

1. A surname from German.

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of rhodie (“rhododendron”).

   “In doing the metering from the rhody leaves you will compensate for the overbrightness of the sky.”

   “I looked out the window and tried to see over the pink rhododendrons and down the block. […] I couldn’t see a thing but a tangle of leathery rhody leaves, and over that, two neighbors standing on the sidewalk talking.”

   “Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves. […] A musket ball ripped through rhody leaves near his head.”