hydrangea

[ hahy-dreyn-juh, -jee-uh, -dran- ]

/ haɪˈdreɪn dʒə, -dʒi ə, -ˈdræn- /

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noun

any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.

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Origin of hydrangea

<New Latin (Linnaeus) <Greek hydr-hydr-¹ + New Latin angea, feminine noun based on Greek angeîon vessel; so called from cup-shaped seed capsule

Words nearby hydrangea

hydra-headed, hydralazine, hydramine, hydramnios, hydranencephaly, hydrangea, hydrant, hydranth, hydrarch, hydrargillite, hydrargyria

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How to use hydrangea in a sentence

It’s now draped in roses, lilies and hydrangeas, with photos, signs and prayers in English, Spanish and Hebrew, and flags from victims’ home countries.
Miami Is Used to Disasters. The Surfside Collapse Felt Different|Vera Bergengruen / Surfside, Florida|June 29, 2021|Time
If you want to get me flowers for Valentine’s Day, I like irises and hydrangeas.
This cauliflower hater likes the vegetable one way only: Pickled|Jim Webster|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
In the gardens we found a large blue hydrangea very common: the fuschia is the usual hedge.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
A hydrangea has no scent; that is why we get tired of it, for all its loveliness.
Child Life In Town And Country|Anatole France

The rose of the hydrangea inclines to blue, while that of the rose tends rather toward yellow.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
A great healthy hydrangea dying just for lack of the right kind of soil!
A Bookful of Girls|Anna Fuller
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora makes a beautiful low-growing hedge; good plants can be bought for six dollars a hundred.
A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely

British Dictionary definitions for hydrangea

hydrangea

/ (haɪˈdreɪndʒə) /

noun

any shrub or tree of the Asian and American genus Hydrangea, cultivated for their large clusters of white, pink, or blue flowers: family Hydrangeaceae

Word Origin for hydrangea

C18: from New Latin, from Greek hudōr water + angeion vessel: probably from the cup-shaped fruit

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