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  1. Flowering shrub Hydrangea macrophylla of the
  2. Hydrangeaceae family, native to Japan. It
  3. normally produces round heads of pink
  4. flowers, but these may be blue if certain
  5. chemicals, such as alum or iron, are in the
  6. soil. It is named from the Greek for `water
  7. vessel', after its cup-like seed capsules.
  8.