Steeplebush
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum. uncountable, usually
"They passed many species they had already collected for the Millennium project — maple-leaved vibernum, steeplebush with spiky stalks of tiny pink flowers, black birch — as well as a particularly impressive specimen of that quintessential Staten Island forest dweller, Automobilius burnedouticus."
- 2 A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.; Spiraea tomentosa, of eastern North American uncountable, usually
- 3 A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.; Spiraea douglasii, of western North America uncountable, usually
Example
More examples"They passed many species they had already collected for the Millennium project — maple-leaved vibernum, steeplebush with spiky stalks of tiny pink flowers, black birch — as well as a particularly impressive specimen of that quintessential Staten Island forest dweller, Automobilius burnedouticus."
Etymology
From steeple + bush.
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