climbing hydrangea
- noun
:
hortensia trepadora
- The climbing hydrangea covered the fence with beautiful clusters of white flowers.
- climbing hydrangea vine
Examples
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You can train a climbing hydrangea to grow up trellises or around pillars for elegant vertical landscaping.
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In our garden, the climbing hydrangea has become an attractive feature along the wall.
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The handsome climbing hydrangea crawled over many of the branches.
Academic text (1995) -
Woody vines include climbing hydrangea and a type of greenbrier known as bamboo vine.
Academic text (1998) -
Wetland vines that climb the trees include climbing hydrangea, cross-vine, and bamboo vine.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
A climbing plant with roots on its stems and large white flower clusters
A climbing plant that loses its leaves and has flat clusters of white flowers
A climbing shrub from East Asia with sticky roots and clusters of small white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward modifier + noun composition: 'climbing' (from 'climb') describes the growth habit and 'hydrangea' names the plant, so the meaning 'a hydrangea that climbs or grows up surfaces' is directly inferable. This is a regular descriptive pattern found across languages and follows normal English adjective-noun morphology, making it immediately comprehensible to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Climbing hydrangea is simply a hydrangea that climbs: it uses small roots to hold on to walls and fences and so grows upward. So the name means 'a hydrangea that grows up surfaces', which is why gardeners plant it to cover walls.
