English Dictionary: Hydrangea | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Hydrangea | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hydrangea \Hy*dran"ge*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`dwr water + [?] vessel, capsule: cf. F. hydrang[82]e.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. {H. hortensis}, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan. |