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spiraea

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noun

  1. any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea, having sprays of small white or pink flowers See also meadowsweet hardhack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of spiraea1

C17: via Latin from Greek speiraia, from speira spire ²
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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.

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Market-gardening, especially horticulture, is extensively practised in the vicinity, so that Haarlem is the seat of a large trade in Dutch bulbs, especially hyacinths, tulips, fritillaries, spiraeas and japonicas.

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Larch, maple, cherry, and spiraea disappear, leaving willows, juniper, stunted birch, silver fir, mountain ash berberries, currant, honeysuckle, azalea, and many rhododendrons.

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She said it, thanked me, and asked me to come and help her water the spiraea.

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The rosy spiraea, the mountain ash, and the wild currant, are three common shrubs in this area.

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