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spiraea(dictionary)

spiraea (iou)



spiraea noun. Also *spirea. M17.
[mod. Latin Spiraea (see below) from Latin spiraea privet from Greek speiraia, app. from speira SPIRE noun3.]
Any plant of the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, which contains many ornamental shrubs with corymbs or panicles of small white, pink, or crimson flowers, and formerly included also meadowsweet and dropwort (now genus Filipendula).
Phrases: oil of spiraea salicylic acid.