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Definition of Hardhack
1. n. A very astringent shrub (Spiræa tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa is also called by this name.
Definition of Hardhack
1. Noun. A plant, the steeplebush. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hardhack
1. a woody plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hardhack
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardhack
Literary usage of Hardhack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. White Mountain Trails: Tales of the Trails to the Summit of Mount Washington by Winthrop Packard (1912)
"The latter, the good old steeple bush or hardhack, moves into some rocky, ...
It always seems to me as if the hardhack should be hardier than its less ..."
2. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1868)
"Dr. hardhack turned round, and glared through his spectacles at Emily. ...
I see, I see," said Doctor hardhack ; " I take at once. ..."
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