genus Hydrangea

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genus Hydrangea - type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family, Hydrangeaceae - sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae hydrangea - any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea Hydrangea anomala, climbing hydrangea - deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads Hydrangea arborescens, wild hydrangea - deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters; eastern United States hortensia, Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis - deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue fall-blooming hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata - deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters Hydrangea petiolaris, climbing hydrangea - deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads