hydrangea
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.
Origin of hydrangea
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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 | TimeIf 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 PostIn the gardens we found a large blue hydrangea very common: the fuschia is the usual hedge.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamA hydrangea has no scent; that is why we get tired of it, for all its loveliness.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceThe rose of the hydrangea inclines to blue, while that of the rose tends rather toward yellow.
A great healthy hydrangea dying just for lack of the right kind of soil!
A Bookful of Girls | Anna Fullerhydrangea 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
/ (haɪˈdreɪndʒə) /
any shrub or tree of the Asian and American genus Hydrangea, cultivated for their large clusters of white, pink, or blue flowers: family Hydrangeaceae
Origin of hydrangea
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