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
Just as he thought that, a bird flew up from the snowball bush.
From The Goody-Naughty Book by Wright, Blanche Fisher
The old lady has a fine snowball bush and a beauty syringa in front of the house.
From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
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 Daviess, Maria Thompson
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