Any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea

• Often forced by florists for Easter blooming
• Widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors
• Meadowsweet
• Garden shrub
• Flowering shrub
• A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: spirea , Astilbe japonica ] any rosaceous plant of ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spiraea , is a genus of about 80 to 100 species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae . They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere , with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia . The genus formerly included the herbaceous species now segregated into ...