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name
A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Hortense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A hydrangea (Hydrangea spp.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: golden glow, double gold, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia
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Broader terms: cutleaved coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata
noun
deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis
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Broader terms: hydrangea
History
Borrowed from Spanish Hortensia.
From the genus name, New Latin Hortensia, from hortēnsius (“of the garden”), from hortēnsis.
