hydrangea

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒə/
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/haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒə/ · /haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒi.ə/

Definition of hydrangea

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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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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