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
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 Gibbs, J. Arthur
Through the rusty screen of the back parlor window one viewed the spiraea, still in need of spraying.
From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
She said it, thanked me, and asked me to come and help her water the spiraea.
From Eliza by Pain, Barry
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