hydrangea

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/haɪˈdreɪndʒə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hī drān′jə, -jē ə, -dran′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hy•dran•gea  (hī drān′jə, -jē ə, -dran′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany 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.
  • Greek hydr- hydr-1 + Neo-Latin angea, feminine noun, nominal based on Greek angeîon vessel; so called from cup-shaped seed capsule
  • Neo-Latin (Linnaeus)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hydrangea /haɪˈdreɪndʒə/ n
  1. any shrub or tree of the Asian and American genus Hydrangea, cultivated for their large clusters of white, pink, or blue flowers: family Hydrangeaceae
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Greek hudōr water + angeion vessel: probably from the cup-shaped fruit
'hydrangea' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
climbing hydrangea - oak-leaf hydrangea - peegee hydrangea - tea-of-heaven - wild hydrangea - saxifrage family - sevenbark

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