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hydrangea|haɪˈdreɪndʒ(ɪ)ə, haɪˈdrændʒiːə|
[mod.L. Hydrangēa (Linnæus), f. Gr. ὕδωρ, ὑδρ- water + ἄγγος vessel (in allusion to the cup-like form of the seed-capsule). Cf. F. hydrangée.]
A genus of shrubs (N.O. Saxifragaceæ), natives of the temperate regions of Asia and America, with white, blue, or pink flowers in large globular clusters; esp. the Chinese species H. hortensis, commonly cultivated in Britain.
1753in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1797Mrs. Burton Laura I. 198, I should like to make..a sonnet upon the lasting bloom of a hydrainger. 1803J. Abercrombie's Ev. Man his own Gardener (ed. 17) 197 Pots of..flowering plants..such as pinks, hydrangea, roses. 1861Delamer Fl. Gard. 121 In the Channel Islands, and in Normandy, there are Hydrangeas eight feet high, or more, with balls of flowers bigger than a man's head. |