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- noun Plural form of
spirea .
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Examples
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On the deck side of these beds is a group of heathers, both calluna and erica with some magic carpet spireas.
Garden designers workshop- paths and walkways « Fairegarden 2007
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The mock oranges, syringas and others were all very good, but the spireas suffered much when in flower from rains.
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Spirea _Spiræa_ 4 ft. White Most showy of spireas.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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In the nursery grounds were 14 kinds of young trees and shrubs; 1413 in all; of which 300 were Scotch pines, 250 ash-leaved maples, 150 Arbres de Sainte Lucie [?] spireas, dogwoods, syringas, lilacs, cherries, etc.
The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912
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Mr. Vedder came out and linking his arm in mine and pointing out various spireas and Japanese barberries, of which he was very proud, we walked into the house together.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment David Grayson 1908
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_ A large and very showy shrub, producing a profusion of apple-like white flowers in early spring; 6-12 ft; allied to the spireas.
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_ (DD) One of the earliest bloomers among the spireas; 2-4 ft.
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This is true of most fruit-trees, and such shrubs as lilac, forsythia, tree peony, wistaria, some spireas and viburnums, weigela, deutzia.
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I stole away to a favorite haunt of mine at the back of the garden, behind the spireas and the holly tree, where there is a dilapidated old seat we have been threatening to remove any time this five years.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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I went around to that favorite retreat of mine, the battered seat shut in among spireas and syringas.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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