SPIRAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spiraea mean? 

• SPIRAEA (noun)
  The noun SPIRAEA has 3 senses:

1. 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

2. any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers

3. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae

  Familiarity information: SPIRAEA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astilbe japonica; spiraea; spirea

Hypernyms ("spiraea" is a kind of...):

astilbe (any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

spiraea; spirea

Hypernyms ("spiraea" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spiraea"):

bridal-wreath; bridal wreath; Saint Peter's wreath; Spiraea prunifolia; St. Peter's wreath (shrub having copious small white flowers in spring)

Holonyms ("spiraea" is a member of...):

genus Spiraea; Spiraea (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Spiraea; Spiraea

Hypernyms ("Spiraea" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Spiraea"):

spiraea; spirea (any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers)

Holonyms ("Spiraea" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)