fall-blooming hydrangea
- noun
- US
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hortensia de floración otoñal
- The fall-blooming hydrangea brightened the garden with large, creamy-white blossoms late in the season.
Examples
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Many gardeners choose the fall-blooming hydrangea for its ability to add color after most plants have faded.
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A mature fall-blooming hydrangea can reach up to six feet and thrive in partial shade.
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The fall-blooming hydrangea adds color to the garden in autumn.
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Many gardeners love the fall-blooming hydrangea for its unique flowers.
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The fall-blooming hydrangea produces stunning clusters of flowers when other plants have stopped blooming.
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In my garden, the fall-blooming hydrangea creates a beautiful display of blossoms as autumn arrives.
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Every autumn, the fall-blooming hydrangea transforms my yard with vibrant colors and lush flower clusters.
Synonyms
A garden shrub or small tree with cone-shaped clusters of white to pink flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
fall-blooming + hydrangea
The compound is directly compositional: 'fall-blooming' indicates flowering in the fall and combined with 'hydrangea' yields a shrub that blooms in autumn. This adjective+noun pattern is a standard, predictable formation and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows 'fall', 'blooming', and 'hydrangea'.
Etymology
Fall-blooming hydrangea is a simple garden name: fall-blooming means it flowers in the fall and hydrangea is the name of the shrub. Imagine other plants fading while this hydrangea opens big late flowers, so the name means 'a shrub that blooms in the fall'.
