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hortensia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hortensia has 2 senses
- hortensia(n = noun.plant) hydrangea macrophylla hortensis - deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue; Array is a member of genus hydrangea
- hortensia(n = noun.plant) double gold, golden glow, rudbeckia laciniata hortensia - very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads; Array is a member of genus rudbeckia, rudbeckia
is a kind of hydrangea
is a kind of cutleaved coneflower, rudbeckia laciniata
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hortensia, n. a kind of hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla, with large rounded infertile flower heads.
Etymology
mod.L f. Hortense Lepaute, 18th-c. Frenchwoman
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