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Definition of Steeplebush
1. Noun. ''Spiraea tomentosa'', a plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steeplebush
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeplebush
Literary usage of Steeplebush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"steeplebush, 5. tomentosa. lance-shaped and sharply toothed. ... 202), or
steeplebush, is a still more slender shrub, usually unbranched, the stem being ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"steeplebush. Shrub, 4 ft. high, with upright, brown, tomentose branches: Ivs.
ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, unequally and often doubly serrate, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"steeplebush. Shrub, 4 ft. high, with upright, brown, tomentose branches: Ivs.
ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, unequally and often doubly serrate, ..."
4. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1878)
"S. tomentosa, HARDBACK or steeplebush. Common E. in low grounds ; 2° - 3° high,
hoary-downy, except the upper face of the ovate or oblong serrate small ..."
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