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Hydrangea

//haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea, having large clusters of white, pink or blue flowers.

    "It also offers a portal to something deeper: a current collective wish to fill our kitchens with hydrangeas, drape ourselves in Eileen Fisher, pour some wine over ice with our closest friends and stop sweating the small stuff."

  2. 2
    any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Hydrangea, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, capsule”). Named by Carl Linnaeus after the shape of its fruits.

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