spiraea (redirected from Spiraeas)

spi·rae·a  (sp-r)

n.

Variant of spirea.

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spiraea or esp US spirea [spire-ee-a]

Noun

a plant with small white or pink flowers [Greek speiraia]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spiraea - 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 Astilbe japonica, spirea astilbe - any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers
	2.	spiraea - any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers spirea genus Spiraea, Spiraea - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae Saint Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia, St. Peter's wreath, bridal wreath, bridal-wreath - shrub having copious small white flowers in spring bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	Spiraea - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae genus Spiraea rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens spiraea, spirea - any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers