hortensial

English

Etymology

From Latin hortensius, hortensis, from hortus (“garden”). Akin to English yard (“an enclosure”).

Adjective

hortensial (comparative more hortensial, superlative most hortensial)

(obsolete) Fit for a garden.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hortensial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

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