Widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors

• A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea
• Shrub species - one from exotic area
• Often forced by florists for Easter blooming
• Flowering shrub with white or pink flowers
• Any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea
• A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae
• Garden shrub

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 ...

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.