Definition of "spirea" []

• Any of various shrubs of the genus Spiraea of the rose family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers and including the bridal wreath, hardhack, and meadowsweet. (noun)
• See astilbe. (noun)

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• "Now, she spends her time gardening -- her meticulously maintained back yard is filled with hydrangeas, forsythia, spirea, lilacs and roses -- and attends the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan when she feels up to it."
• "Since moving here, George has learned the names of almost all the things that are growing on the land: he can point out abelia bushes, spirea, laurels."
• "I believe both colors blend very well with the other things in bloom at the same time, flowering quince, primroses, emerging foliage of magic carpet spirea and the blue grape hyacinths."