snowball bush
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of snowball bush
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Gregarious John Townsend, whose head looks like a snowball bush in full bloom, is solidly Republican, completely acceptable to Delaware's Du Pont dynasty.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hydrangea bush—or snowball bush, as we called it—on our lawn glowed in the sunlight, and I stared at it.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
And he put his other arm around mother, so May and I crowded up, and we had a family reunion right between the day lilies and the snowball bush.
From Laddie; a true blue story by Gene Stratton-Porter
That's a snowball bush over there," said Miss Ainslie, "and all that corner of the garden will be full of roses in June.
From Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed
Seeing 'em together reminds me of that scraggy, old snowball bush in full bloom, leaning down to the little Stars of Bethlehem reaching up to it.
From The Road to Providence by Maria Thompson Daviess
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