hydrangea
pronunciation
How to pronounce hydrangea in British English:
UK [haɪˈdreɪndʒə]
How to pronounce hydrangea in American English:
US [haɪˈdrendʒə, -ˈdræn-]
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- Noun:
- any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea
Word Origin
- hydrangea (n.)
- 1753, coined in Modern Latin by Linnæus as compound of Greek hydr-, stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + angeion "vessel, capsule" (see angio-); so called from the shrub's cup-shaped seed pods.
Example
- 1. Tulips and green hydrangea are on the table .
- 2. Josephina the proprietress of hydrangea house had been easy to talk with on the phone .
- 3. The fragrances that were so familiar to her as a child -- gardenia , peony , hydrangea and roses -- were surrounding her once again , and the slow tranquil process of making each batch seemed to bathe her soul .
- 4. She would describe margaret to the couple at hydrangea house and tell them how margaret had tutored her in english when she first arrived in america because she had wanted zichen a young woman who had left her country for marriage to have a friendship .
- 5. It would make her happy too she knew when she told the story in hydrangea house about margaret and reading " winnie-the-pooh " in latin about how she herself inexperienced with the language had let the poor bear 's head thump and thump again on the stairs .