climbing hydrangea

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a woody vine, Hydrangea anomala, of eastern Asia, having shiny, egg-shaped leaves and flat-topped white flower clusters, and climbing by aerial rootlets.

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How to use climbing hydrangea in a sentence

In just a few hours on Tuesday, the dollar exchange rate collapsed from 64 to 80 rubles before climbing back to about 68.
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We kept on shooting for another year...and were never able to get the shot of him climbing on the horse.
‘No Regrets’: Peter Jackson Says Goodbye to Middle-Earth|Alex Suskind|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is as confident over the phone as she is climbing across one of Ninja Warriors many daunting obstacles.
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The homestretch of the track had been blocked off with cattle fencing—the kind they use at rodeos that makes for easy climbing.
Chicago’s Running of the Bulls|Hampton Stevens|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As the youngest of four siblings—all the rest boys—Healey grew up accustomed to climbing trees, eating fast, and getting dirty.
Who’s That ‘Bum’ Girl? The Brit Telling Americans How To Wipe Their Asses|Sara Lieberman|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said something laughingly to the head guide to the effect that climbing was good sport and a fine test for the nerves.
Uncanny Tales|Various
A cocoanut-tree, as you probably remember, has no branches whatever to give any help to a person in climbing.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Do you think he must go down to the ground again and go through all the work he had in climbing the first tree?
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
She did not yet know how necessary climbing might be, in her new country life, but her aspirations did not tend that way.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
The tourist climbing tna, or Vesuvius' rugged side, puffs on though they perchance have long since ceased to smoke.
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