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Definition of Hydrangea family
1. Noun. Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Genus Hydrangea, Genus Carpenteria, Decumaria, Genus Decumaria, Genus Deutzia, Philadelphaceae, Subfamily Philadelphaceae, Genus Schizophragma, Schizophragma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrangea Family
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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