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hydrangea (n.)
1753, coined in Modern Latin by Linnæus as compound of Greek
hydr-
, stem of
hydor
"water" (see
water
(n.1)) +
angeion
"vessel, capsule" (see
angio-
); so called from the shrub's cup-shaped seed pods.