deutzia

[doot-see-uh, dyoot-, doit-]

noun

1. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Deutzia, of the saxifrage family, having showy white, pink, or lavender flowers, grown as an ornamental.

deutzia

/ ˈdjuːtsɪə /

noun

1. any saxifragaceous shrub of the genus Deutzia: cultivated for their clusters of white or pink spring-blooming flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of deutzia¹

< New Latin (1781), named after Jean Deutz, 18th-century Dutch botanical patron; -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of deutzia¹

C19: New Latin, named after Jean Deutz, 18th-century Dutch patron of botany

Example Sentences

It was he who created four themed “rooms” in the garden, planted, variously, with narcissus, Japanese cherry trees, deutzia, hybrid lilacs and honeysuckle.

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Most plants are herbaceous, though some are woody — including hydrangeas, honeysuckles, deutzias and the rose.

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In the garden with light shade, I have also used deutzias, hellebores, epimediums and small hydrangeas to crowd around the flagging daffodils.

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The lime greens of certain hostas, deutzias and Japanese maples add accents of vitality so emblematic of April, a month that now feels distant in the sullen lushness of summer.

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A big deutzia bush looms between his window and the road, while at my window only the tips of a waxberry bush obscure the view, and there is a door beside me.

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