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Hydrangeaceae

noun

sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae

• Syn: ↑family Hydrangeaceae, ↑hydrangea family

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales

• Member Meronyms:

↑genus Hydrangea, ↑genus Carpenteria, ↑Decumaria, ↑genus Decumaria, ↑genus Deutzia, ↑Philadelphaceae, ↑subfamily Philadelphaceae, ↑Schizophragma, ↑genus Schizophragma

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\(ˌ)hīˌdrānjēˈāsēˌē, -ran-, -raan-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Hydrangea, type genus + -aceae

in some classifications : a family of shrubs and trees (order Rosales) that are now usually included in Saxifragaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.