Definition of Hydrangea family

1. Noun. Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrangea Family

hydralazine syndrome
hydralazines
hydralike
hydrallostane
hydram
hydramide
hydramides
hydramine
hydramines
hydramitrazine tartrate
hydramnion
hydramnios
hydrams
hydranencephaly
hydrangea
hydrangea family (current term)
hydrangeas
hydrant
hydranth
hydranths
hydrants
hydrargochloride
hydrargochlorides
hydrargyria
hydrargyrism
hydrargyrum
hydrarthrodial
hydrarthron
hydrarthrosis
hydrarthrus

Literary usage of Hydrangea family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"To the north of this is the hydrangea family ; here will be found the syringas, ... Following the hydrangea family comes the gooseberry family, ..."

2. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"THE hydrangea family.—Hydrangea'cea,. The plants of this beautiful little group, along with those called the Cunonia'cea, are so intimately related to the ..."

3. The Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1853)
"(the hydrangea family"). Shrubs. Petals valvate in aestivation. Capsule two- (rarely five- to ten-) celled : the styles or stigmas distinct or united. ..."

4. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"hydrangea family. Stamens 8-10; exterior flowers of the corymb usually neutral. t 1. Hydrangea. Stamens 20-40; all flowers perfect. 2. Philadelphia. 1. ..."

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