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hydrangea - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

hydrangea (plural hydrangeas)

• Any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea, having large clusters of white, pink or blue flowers.
  • ✤ Synonym: hortensia
  • ✤ 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.¹

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒə/, /haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒi.ə/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Hyphenation: hy‧dran‧gea

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 2022 August 16, Jenni Avins, “Boomers Are All the Rage”, in The New York Times ‎${}^{[1]}$, →ISSN: ↩

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