hortensia
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9.3
- noun
- /hɔrˈtɛnziə/
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hortensia
- - I'm Hortensia.
Examples
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What are you waiting for, Hortensia?
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My daddy called her by... Hortensia.
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Alfonso and Hortensia are joining family members who have already emigrated, looking for better economic and social prospects than they believe are available in Mexico.
Academic text (2016) -
Auerbach will succeed Hortensia Amaro, the former director of the Institute on Urban Health Research, who left Northeastern in August after 11 years of service to the university.
Blog text (26) -
Esperanza is also comforted by the memory revived by Hortensia and her mother of a moment of danger when she was small, when their home was invaded by bandits and Hortensia hid with the two children under the bed in the bedroom.
Academic text (2016) -
Esperanza is also comforted by the memory revived by Hortensia and her mother of a moment of danger when she was small, when their home was invaded by bandits and Hortensia hid with the two children under the bed in the bedroom.
Academic text (2016) -
The gardener planted a beautiful hortensia in the front yard to add color to the landscape.
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In summer, the hortensia blooms with large, vibrant clusters of flowers that attract many butterflies.
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She loves to decorate her home with fresh-cut hortensias from her garden every spring.
Synonyms
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7.4
A garden plant with large round groups of white, pink, or blue flowers
A garden bush with round flowers that change from green to pink or blue
Compounds
- Specialized
A tall garden plant with large, showy yellow flowers that have many petals
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hortensia is a name used for the hydrangea and most likely comes from a woman's name like Hortense, which gardeners and botanists once used for the plant. A helpful way to remember it is that it looks like horticulture from Latin hortus meaning 'garden', so hortensia is easy to link to a big, showy garden flower.