hydrangea
/hahy-dreyn-juh, -jee-uh, -dran-/US // haɪˈdreɪn dʒə, -dʒi ə, -ˈdræn- //UK // (haɪˈdreɪndʒə) //
绣球花,绣球,绣花,绣线菊
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
Examples
It’s now draped in roses, lilies and hydrangeas, with photos, signs and prayers in English, Spanish and Hebrew, and flags from victims’ home countries.
If you want to get me flowers for Valentine’s Day, I like irises and hydrangeas.
In the gardens we found a large blue hydrangea very common: the fuschia is the usual hedge.
A hydrangea has no scent; that is why we get tired of it, for all its loveliness.
The rose of the hydrangea inclines to blue, while that of the rose tends rather toward yellow.
A great healthy hydrangea dying just for lack of the right kind of soil!
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora makes a beautiful low-growing hedge; good plants can be bought for six dollars a hundred.
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