Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hardhack; also,
Spiræa salicifolia . SeeSpiræa .
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- noun Spiraea tomentosa, a plant with narrow
pyramidal clusters offlowers and a dense woollytomentum .
Etymologies
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Marching (100x15) Bruce Schauble 2008
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knitandpurl commented on the word steeplebush
"Steeplebush flourished by some other name, lost ow, long before there were steeples."
"Neon" by Carl Phillips, in Silverchest (p 24)
July 22, 2013
ry commented on the word steeplebush
is that supposed to be now, or does ow have a particular definition there? Obsolete spelling of oh?
July 23, 2013