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
Tall shrubs of white holly, yew, juniper, cypress, and variegated maple and spiraea, which stood at intervals along the walk and its branches, appeared ghost-like in the fitful moonlight.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram
The spiraea was just putting out its long, feathery plumes of white, and the lilacs nodded white and purple in the breeze.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
That spiraea back there's not looking very good.
From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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