climbing hydrangea

noun

1

: a climbing vine (Schizophragma hydrangeoides) of the family Saxifragaceae having flowers with only one style, the sterile marginal flowers in each cluster having only one sepal

2

: any of certain climbing plants of the related genus Hydrangea (especially H. petiolaris)

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