astilbe

American

[uh-stil-bee] / əˈstɪl bi /

noun

any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.

astilbe British

/ əˈstɪlbɪ /

noun

any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers

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Etymology

Origin of astilbe

1825; < New Latin, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + Greek stilbḗ, feminine of stilbós glittering

Example Sentences

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Morse planned for seasonal color with compact Rhododendron ‘Dreamland’ flowering palest pink in May, followed by the feathery pink blooms of Astilbe ‘Peach Blossom.’

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2014

Thus we may have a group of racemes, arranged in a racemose manner on a common axis, forming a raceme of racemes or compound raceme, as in Astilbe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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