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hydrangea definition

hy·dran·gea (hī drān′jə, -dran′-; -jē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Hydrangea) of shrubs or vines of the saxifrage family, with opposite leaves and large, showy clusters of white, blue, or pink flowers, often sterile

Etymology: ModL < hydr- + Gr angeion, vessel

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hydrangea Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • climb: The front of the house has a climbing hydrangea and there are lantern lights and sensor lights.

Preposition: in

  • garden: This new edition includes: fresh images, fully revised chapters on the genus, hydrangeas in the gardens, cultivation and propagation.

Adjective modifier

  • blue: Beyond the handsome port is an equally beautiful island, with windmills, a varied coastline and hedges of blue hydrangeas.

Modifies a noun

  • macrophylla: Hydrangea macrophylla ' All Summer Beauty ' A medium growing plant which is best in some shade.

Noun used with modifier

  • lacecap: Flowers are borne in terminal or axillary panicles, clusters or cymes which are spherical, domed or flattened like a lacecap hydrangea.
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