Definition of hydrangea in English:
hydrangea
A shrub or climbing plant with rounded or flattened flowering heads of small florets, native to Asia and America.
绣球属植物Genus Hydrangea, family Hydrangeaceae: many species, in particular the common hydrangea (H. macrophylla), with flowers that are typically blue, but often pink on alkaline soils
- With the shortage of good all-summer plants, hydrangeas deserve a spot in everyone's garden.
- A climbing hydrangea, honeysuckle and cotoneaster behaved in similar fashion until their third year, when they all finally took off.
- Or, let a climbing hydrangea blur the rigid lines of a stucco wall.
- Its perennial plants are complemented by azaleas, hydrangeas and lupins in pots.
- A hydrangea planted against a wall, for example, will grow toward the light, leaving the side of the shrub against the wall somewhat flat.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek hudro- 'water' + angeion 'vessel' (from the cup shape of its seed capsule).
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Definition of hydrangea in US English:
hydrangea
A shrub or climbing plant with rounded or flattened flowering heads of small florets, the outer ones of which are typically infertile. Hydrangeas are native to Asia and America.
绣球属植物Genus Hydrangea, family Hydrangeaceae: many species, in particular late (or panicled) hydrangea (H. paniculata), an ornamental shrub that blooms in late summer, and bigleaf hydrangea (H. macrophylla), commonly grown for florists and as a houseplant
- A climbing hydrangea, honeysuckle and cotoneaster behaved in similar fashion until their third year, when they all finally took off.
- Its perennial plants are complemented by azaleas, hydrangeas and lupins in pots.
- A hydrangea planted against a wall, for example, will grow toward the light, leaving the side of the shrub against the wall somewhat flat.
- With the shortage of good all-summer plants, hydrangeas deserve a spot in everyone's garden.
- Or, let a climbing hydrangea blur the rigid lines of a stucco wall.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek hudro- ‘water’ + angeion ‘vessel’ (from the cup shape of its seed capsule).
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