Definition of hortensia in English:

noun

• A hydrangea of a group of varieties that have large rounded flower heads composed chiefly of sterile florets.

  Hydrangea macrophylla varieties, family Hydrangeaceae

  Compare with lacecap

  Example sentences

  • ‘[Buyer] has bought and received hortensias from [Seller] in December 1997 for a total amount of Dutch Florins [DFL] 41,413.95.’
  • ‘Within two years of the first publication in 1922, Joyce sent his patron Harriet Shaw Weaver a letter in which he reported receiving hortensias from a group of admirers of the novel to mark June 16.’
  • ‘The big white, pink, or blue hortensias (Hydrangea macrophylla, zones 6 to 9) are now available in smaller varieties.’