Hydrangea
See also: hydrangea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) and ἄγγος (ángos, “jar”) after the shape of its fruits. Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2]
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrangeaceae – hydrangeas.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Hydrangeaceae - family; Hydrangeoideae - subfamily; Hydrangeeae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Hydrangea arborescens - type species
References edit
Hydrangea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hydrangea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hydrangea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.