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oakleaf hydrangea

oakleaf hydrangea noun: a type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an ornamental plant, of species Hydrangea quercifolia.

oakleaf hydrangea: a type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an...
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Noun

oakleaf hydrangea (plural oakleaf hydrangeas)

  1. A type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an ornamental plant, of species Hydrangea quercifolia.
    • There were callicarpas full of pale lavender berries, which would turn purple in the fall; viburnums and shrub dogwoods; and lacy elderberries juxtaposed against dense evergreens or the large, floppy leaves of an oakleaf hydrangea.2007 August 30, Anne Raver, “Vistas and Close-Ups, Staged by a Filmmaker”, in New York Times

Forms of oakleaf hydrangea

pluraloakleaf hydrangeas

Origin of oakleaf hydrangea

Partial calque of taxonomic name Hydrangea quercifolia. The specific epithet quercifolia comes from Latin quercus (“oak”) + Latin folia (“leaf”), referring to the leaves' similarity in shape to those of oak trees, which belong to the unrelated genus Quercus.

Questions about oakleaf hydrangea

What does oakleaf hydrangea mean?
Oakleaf hydrangea means a type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an ornamental plant, of species Hydrangea quercifolia.
What part of speech is oakleaf hydrangea?
Oakleaf hydrangea is a noun.
What is the plural of oakleaf hydrangea?
The plural of oakleaf hydrangea is oakleaf hydrangeas.

Words near oakleaf hydrangea in the dictionary

  1. Oaklanders
  2. Oaklands
  3. Oaklands Junction
  4. Oakle Street
  5. oakleaf
  6. oakleaf hydrangea
  7. oakleaf hydrangeas
  8. oakleaves
  9. Oakleigh
  10. Oakleigh East
  11. Oakleigh Park

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