steeplebush

English

Etymology

From steeple +‎ bush.

Noun

steeplebush (usually uncountable, plural steeplebushes)

1. A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.
   • 2007 August 8, Andy Newman, “In Case of Apocalypse Later, a Plan to Ensure America’s Regreening”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   1. Spiraea tomentosa, of eastern North American

      Synonym: hardhack

   2. Spiraea douglasii, of western North America

      Synonyms: rose spirea, Douglas spirea, Menzies' spirea, hardhack, hardhack steeplebush

Synonyms

• hardhack

References

• steeplebush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spiraea tomentosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spiraea tomentosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons