Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oakleaf hydrangea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: oak-leaf hy-drangea
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an ornamental plant, of species Hydrangea quercifolia.

Example Sentences

"There were callicarpas full of pale lavender berries, which would turn purple in the fall; viburnums and shrub dogwoods; and lacy elderberries juxtaposed against dense evergreens or the large, floppy leaves of an oakleaf hydrangea."

Etymology

Partial calque of taxonomic name Hydrangea quercifolia. The specific epithet quercifolia comes from Latin quercus (“oak”) + Latin folia (“leaf”), referring to the leaves' similarity in shape to those of oak trees, which belong to the unrelated genus Quercus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quercus, folia

Inflected Forms

oakleaf hydrangeas (plural)

Questions

What does oakleaf hydrangea mean?: A type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an ornamental plant, of species Hydrangea quercifolia.
Where does oakleaf hydrangea come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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