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hydrangea
| hydrangea anomala
| hydrangea arborescens
| hydrangea family
| hydrangea macrophylla hortensis
| hydrangea paniculata
hydrangea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hydrangea has 1 sense
- hydrangea(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea; Array is a member of genus hydrangea
has particulars: climbing hydrangea, hydrangea anomala, hydrangea arborescens, wild hydrangea, hortensia, hydrangea macrophylla hortensis, fall-blooming hydrangea, hydrangea paniculata, climbing hydrangea, hydrangea petiolaris, carpenteria, carpenteria californica, decumaria barbara, decumaria barbata, decumary, deutzia
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
hydrangea, peop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + vessel, capsule: cf. F. hydrangée.].
A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. Hydrangea hortensis , the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hydrangea, n. any shrub of the genus Hydrangea with large white, pink, or blue flowers.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk hudor water + aggos vessel (from the cup-shape of its seed-capsule)
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