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Hydrangea is derived from Greek and means ‘water vessel’ (from ὕδωρ húdōr “water” + ἄγγος ángos or ἀγγεῖον angeîon “vessel”),[8][9][10] in reference to the shape of its seed capsules.[11] The earlier name, Hortensia, is a Latinised version of the French given name Hortense, honoring French astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Hortense Lepaute.[12] Philibert Commerson attempted to name the flower Lepautia or Peautia after Lepaute. However, the flower’s accepted name later became Hortensia. This led to people believing Lepaute’s name was Hortense, but the Larousse remarks that this is erroneous, and that the name probably came from hortus, garden.[13]
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