False goat's beard

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Any of various chiefly eastern Asian perennial herbs of the genus Astilbe, having compound basal leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers. Also called spirea.

[New Latin astilb : a- + Greek stilbos, glittering.]

astilbe [əˈstɪlbɪ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers

[New Latin, from Greek: not glittering, from a-¹ + stilbē, from stilbein to glitter; referring to its inconspicuous individual flowers]

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Noun

astilbe - any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus Astilbe - chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea

Astilbe biternata, false goatsbeard - North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers

Astilbe chinensis pumila, dwarf astilbe - mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover

Astilbe japonica, spiraea, spirea - a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming

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Astilbe biternata Astilbe chinensis pumila Astilbe japonica dwarf astilbe false goatsbeard family Saxifragaceae genus Astilbe Saxifragaceae saxifrage family spiraea spirea	False Goat's Beard - Astilbe - is an amazing perennial which produces feathery blooms of pink, red or white throughout summer. SPADE U LIKE; Crop rotation takes pain out of digging by Greenwood, Pippa / The Mirror (London, England)	false chamomile false cirrus false color film false colour false colours False conception false consciousness False croup false dawn false deathcap false diamond false dogwood False door false dragon head false dragonhead false face False fire false flax false foxglove false friend false fruit False galena false garlic false gavial false glottis False goat's beard false goatsbeard false gromwell false hair false heather false hellebore false imprisonment false indigo false ipecac False jalap false joint false keel false key false labor False leg false lily of the valley False loosestrife false lupine false mallow False membrane false memory syndrome false mildew false mistletoe false miterwort false mitrewort false morel	false flax false form false foxglove False foxgloves False friend False friends False front False front False front False front false fruit false fruit false fruits False galena False galena false ganglion false ganglion false ganglion false garlic false garlic false garlic false garlic false gavial False gharial false gid false gid false gid false gid false glottis false glottis False goat's beard false goatsbeard false gromwell false ground false hair false half-timbering false header false hearted false heartwood false heather false hellebore false hellebore false hellebore false hellebore False Helleborine false hematuria false hematuria false hematuria false hemoglobinuria false hemoglobinuria false hemoglobinuria false hermaphroditism false hermaphroditism false hermaphroditism false hernia false hernia false hernia False hope False hope False hope False hope

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Astilbe biternata
Astilbe chinensis pumila
Astilbe japonica
dwarf astilbe
false goatsbeard
family Saxifragaceae
genus Astilbe
Saxifragaceae
saxifrage family
spiraea
spirea

False Goat's Beard - Astilbe - is an amazing perennial which produces feathery blooms of pink, red or white throughout summer.

SPADE U LIKE; Crop rotation takes pain out of digging by Greenwood, Pippa / The Mirror (London, England)

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