hortensia

1. 1.

   deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue

   SynonymsHydrangea macrophylla hortensis

   Broaderhydrangea

   Part ofgenus Hydrangea
2. 2.

   very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads

   Synonymsgolden glowdouble goldRudbeckia laciniata hortensia

   Broadercutleaved coneflower

   Part ofRudbeckia

Other forms of hortensia

plural

hortensias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hortensia

What does hortensia mean?

hortensia means "deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hortensia?

hortensia has 4 syllables: hor-ten-si-a. The stress falls on "ten".

What is another word for hortensia?

Close synonyms include Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis, golden glow, double gold, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hortensia a common word?

hortensia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.