hydrangea

hy·dran·gea
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/haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒə//haɪˈdɹeɪn.d͡ʒi.ə/

noun

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

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hortensia
Origintaxonomic name Hydrangea ← Ancient Greek ὕδωρ →
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Meanings

nounhydrangea (plural hydrangeas)

plural hydrangeas

  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.

    2022 August 16, Jenni Avins, “Boomers Are All the Rage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: hortensia

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
hortensia

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὕδωρ“water”
  2. taxonomic nameHydrangea
  3. Englishhydrangea

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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Translations

Basque hortentsia
  • hortentsiashrub
Bulgarian хортензия
  • хортензия (hortenzija)shrub
Catalan hortènsia
  • hortènsiashrub
Chinese Mandarin 繡球花 /绣球花
  • 繡球花 /绣球花 (xiùqiúhuā)shrub
Danish hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
Dutch hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
Esperanto hortensio
  • hortensioshrub
Finnish hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
French hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
German Hortensie
  • Hortensieshrub
Greek ορτανσία
  • ορτανσία (ortansía)shrub
Indonesian kembang bokor
  • kembang bokorshrub
Italian ortensia
  • ortensiashrub
Japanese 紫陽花
  • 紫陽花 (ajisai)shrub
Korean 수국속
  • 수국속 (suguksok)shrub
Norwegian Bokmål hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
Persian گل ادریسی
  • گل ادریسی (gol idrīsī)shrub
Polish hortensja
  • hortensjashrub
Portuguese hortênsia
  • hortênsiashrub
Romanian hortensie
  • hortensieshrub
Russian горте́нзия
  • горте́нзия (gortɛ́nzija)shrub
Spanish hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
Swedish hortensia
  • hortensiashrub
Thai ไฮเดรนเยีย
  • ไฮเดรนเยีย (hai-dreen-yiia)shrub
Turkish ortanca
  • ortancashrub
Vietnamese tú cầu
  • tú cầushrub
Cite this entry
APA

hydrangea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrangea

MLA

“hydrangea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrangea. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrangea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrangea.

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