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Definition of Spiraeas

Spiraea
Spiraea Spi*r[ae]"a, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, fr. ??? a coil.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.
Spiraea
Spiraeic Spi*r[ae]"ic, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spir[ae]a); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid.
Spiraea
May May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. ?), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spir[ae]a (S. hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. May beetle, May bug (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June beetle. May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary. May fly (Zo["o]l.), any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. May game, any May-day sport. May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis). May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary. May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. May thorn, the hawthorn.

Meaning of Spiraeas from wikipedia

- meadowsweet Spiraea longigemmis Spiraea lucida Spiraea media – Russian spiraea Spiraea micrantha Spiraea miyabei Spiraea mollifolia Spiraea nervosa Spiraea nipponica...
- Spiraea prunifolia, commonly called bridalwreath spirea, is a species of the genus Spiraea, sometimes also spelled Spirea. It flowers mid-spring, around...
- Spiraea thunbergii (珍珠绣线菊), Thunberg spiraea or Thunberg's meadowsweet, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, native to East China and ****an...
- Spiraea ****onica, the ****anese meadowsweet or ****anese spiraea, is a plant in the family Rosaceae. Synonyms for the species name are Spiraea bumalda Burv...
- Spiraea douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family native to northwestern North America. Common names include hardhack, hardhack steeplebush...
- Spiraea cantoniensis, the Reeve's spiraea, bridalwreath spirea, double white may, Cape may or may bush, is a species of plant native to China, belonging...
- Spiraea betulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native from Eastern Siberia to Korea and Northern and Central ****an...
- Spiraea virginiana is a rare species of flowering plant in the rose family (Rosaceae) known by the common names Virginia meadowsweet and Virginia spiraea...
- Spiraea trilobata, known as Asian meadowsweet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It was first formally named in 1771. Spiraea trilobata...
- False spiraea or false spirea is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Astilbe Arendsii Group Sorbaria sorbifolia, native to Asia This page...