spiraea
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of spiraea
C17: via Latin from Greek speiraia, from speira spire ²
Example Sentences
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In the mountains, the moths feed on plants that produce nectar and stay open at night, including blackcurrant and burning bushes, sand cherry, Russian olive, spiraea and rhubarb.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2020
Cold, drizzling rain dashed the white blooms of the spiraea bushes outside the yellow clapboard cottage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Larch, maple, cherry, and spiraea disappear, leaving willows, juniper, stunted birch, silver fir, mountain ash berberries, currant, honeysuckle, azalea, and many rhododendrons.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
The full moon shone; the wild spiraea sent forth its odor from the road side; steam ascended from the moor-lands; and the white mist floated over the meadows like the daughters of the elfin king.
From O. T. a Danish Romance by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
White spiraea, or meadow-sweet, crowds into every nook and corner of open ground, raising its graceful stems in almost tropical luxuriance by the brook-side.
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
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