hydrangea
Syllabification: (hy·dran·gea)
Pronunciation: /hīˈdrānjə/
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Definition of hydrangea
noun
- a shrub or climbing plant with rounded or flattened flowering heads of small florets, the outer ones of which are typically infertile. Hydrangeas are native to Asia and America.
- Genus Hydrangea, family Hydrangeaceae: many species, in particular late (or panicled) hydrangea (H. paniculata), an ornamental shrub that blooms in late summer, and bigleaf hydrangea (H. macrophylla), commonly grown for florists and as a houseplant
Origin:
modern Latin, from Greek hudro- 'water' + angeion 'vessel' (from the cup shape of its seed capsule)
