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hydrangea

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hy·dran·gea  (h-drnj, -drn-)
n.
Any of various shrubs of the genus Hydrangea, having opposite leaves and large, flat-topped or rounded clusters of white, pink, or blue flowers.

[New Latin Hydranga, genus name : hydr(o)- + Greek angeion, vessel; see angio-.]

hydrangea
Noun
an ornamental shrub with large clusters of white, pink, or blue flowers [Greek hudōr water + angeion vessel]
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Noun1.hydrangeahydrangea - any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea
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
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
carpenteria, Carpenteria californica - California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers
Decumaria barbara, Decumaria barbata, decumary - woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters
deutzia - any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Translations
hydrangea [haɪˈdreɪndʒə] nhortensia m


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In the middle stood a little frame containing relics; at the corners were two little orange-trees, and all along the edge were silver candlesticks, porcelain vases containing sun-flowers, lilies, peonies, and tufts of hydrangeas.
He did not want to hear about hydrangeas, why they change their colour at the seaside.
A spiky green plant filled each pot, and below the verandah ran a wide border of blue hydrangeas edged with more red geraniums.
 
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