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hortensia|hɔːˈtɛnsɪə| [mod.L. (P. Commerson in A. L. de Jussieu Genera Plantarum (1789) 214), f. Hortense, adopted Christian name of the wife of J.-A. Lepaute (1720–c 1787), French clockmaker.] A variety of the common hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla, var. hortensia.
1799Curtis's Bot. Mag. XIII. 438 Authors have entertained very different opinions as to what this plant really is; Jussieu following Commerson makes it an Hortensia,..Dr. Smith an Hydrangea. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. II. 598/2 Hortensia. (Fr.) Hydrangea Hortensia. 1906Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 5/1 The bouquet was of artificial hortensias. 1961Amateur Gardening 7 Oct. 25/1 A medium sized pure white ‘hortensia’. 1969Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) Suppl. 42/1 Hydrangea. Cultivars of H. × macrophylla... (a) Hortensias. Globose corymbs of mostly sterile flowers. |