- spireas
- n. any of a number of shrubs which belong to the rose family and bear clusters of white or pink flowers
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
spireas
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spirea — /spuy ree euh/, n. any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals. Also, spiraea. [1660 70; < NL, L… … Universalium
meadowsweet — noun Date: 1530 1. any of several spireas; especially a North American native or naturalized spirea (as Spiraea alba and S. latifolia) 2. any of a genus (Filipendula) of herbs closely related to the spireas … New Collegiate Dictionary
spirea — or spiraea noun Etymology: New Latin Spiraea, from Latin, a plant, from Greek speiraia Date: 1669 1. any of a genus (Spiraea) of deciduous shrubs of the rose family with small usually white or pink flowers in dense racemes, corymbs, cymes, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Spiraea japonica — Taxobox name = Japanese spiraea image width = 250px image caption = Inflorescence regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Rosaceae subfamilia = Spiraeoideae genus = Spiraea species = S. japonica… … Wikipedia
Rosales — ▪ plant order Introduction the rose order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 9 families, 261 genera, and more than 7,700 species. Rosales, which is in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots, is related to other orders with members … Universalium
meadowsweet — [med′ō swēt΄] n. 1. any of several spireas; esp., either of two common species (Spiraea alba and S. latifolia) 2. any of a genus (Filipendula) of plants of the rose family, with fragrant, white, pink, or purple flowers in clusters … English World dictionary
pink meadowsweet — noun : either of two No. American spireas: a. : hardhack 1 b. : a small erect mat forming spirea (Spiraea densiflora) of the western United States with glabrous leaves and lavender flowers … Useful english dictionary
