hydrangea
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Definition of hydrangea
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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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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