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单词 spiraea
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Definition of spiraea in English:

spiraea

(US spirea)
noun spʌɪˈriːəspaɪˈriə
  • A shrub of the rose family, with clusters of small white or pink flowers. Found throughout the northern hemisphere, it is widely cultivated as a garden ornamental.

    绣线菊属植物

    Genus Spiraea, family Rosaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Old shrubs, such as spiraea, forsythia, lilac, and honeysuckle, often become overgrown and full of crowded stems and dead wood.
    • This is cheap and easy to do with specimens such as berberis, buddleia, cornus, kerria, philadelphus, spirea and willow.
    • Another favorite shrub, a spirea called ‘Bridal Wreath’ or ‘Shoe Button’ plant, has a completely different appeal, providing varied styles of attractiveness throughout most of the year.
    • Sure enough, early the next summer, the spiraea's fluffy white flowers bloomed in concert with the daylily's clear yellow trumpets.
    • Most of the leaves of our fall-planted spireas have dropped.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek speiraia, from speira 'a coil'.

Definition of spirea in US English:

spirea

(also spiraea)
nounspīˈrēəspaɪˈriə
  • A shrub of the rose family, with clusters of small white or pink flowers. Found throughout the northern hemisphere, it is widely cultivated as a garden ornamental.

    绣线菊属植物

    Genus Spiraea, family Rosaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sure enough, early the next summer, the spiraea's fluffy white flowers bloomed in concert with the daylily's clear yellow trumpets.
    • Another favorite shrub, a spirea called ‘Bridal Wreath’ or ‘Shoe Button’ plant, has a completely different appeal, providing varied styles of attractiveness throughout most of the year.
    • Old shrubs, such as spiraea, forsythia, lilac, and honeysuckle, often become overgrown and full of crowded stems and dead wood.
    • Most of the leaves of our fall-planted spireas have dropped.
    • This is cheap and easy to do with specimens such as berberis, buddleia, cornus, kerria, philadelphus, spirea and willow.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek speiraia, from speira ‘a coil’.

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