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Definition: Spiraea |
SpiraeaNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SpiraeaSynonyms: genus Spiraea (n), spirea (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spiraea |
| English words defined with "spiraea": Astilbe japonica ♦ Dropwort ♦ Meadowwort ♦ Nine-bark ♦ Salicylal, Spiraeic, spirea. (references) |
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 | Medium shot of Spiraea densiflora. Credit: John Craig. |  | Closeup shot of Spiraea densiflora. Credit: John Craig. |
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| "Spiraea" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Spiraea" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spiraea": genus Spiraea ♦ Neillia or Spiraea opulifolia ♦ Spiraea filipendula ♦ Spiraea hypericifolia ♦ Spiraea lobata ♦ Spiraea opulifolia ♦ Spiraea prunifolia ♦ Spiraea salicifolia ♦ Spiraea tomentosa ♦ Spiraea Ulmaria. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spiraea | 57 |
japonica spiraea | 4 |
nipponica spiraea | 4 |
little princess spiraea | 4 |
bumalda spiraea | 4 |
spiraea vanhouttei | 4 |
spiraea ulmaria | 3 |
snowmound spiraea | 3 |
goldmound spiraea | 3 |
bumalda spiraea x | 2 |
betulifolia spiraea | 2 |
halwards nipponica silver spiraea | 2 |
prunifolia spiraea | 2 |
mellow spiraea yellow | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spiraea"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Спирея. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geitebaard (goat's-beard spiraea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Σπειραία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Gyöngyvesszõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iraeaspay grinalda-de-noiva, espiréia. (various references) Таволга. (various references) medunika. (various references) Espirea (spirea). (various references) Spirea. (various references) Таволга. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spiraea": spiraeas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aspire, paries, praise, sarape, spirea. | |
-2 letters: apers, apres, areas, arias, arise, asper, pairs, paisa, paise, parae, paras, pares, paris, parse, pears, peris, piers, prase, presa, pries, prise, raias, raise, rapes, reaps, ripes, sepia, serai, spare, spear, speir, spier, spire. | |
-3 letters: airs, aper, apes, apse, area, ares, aria, arse, asea, ears, eras, ires, pair. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: airscape, airspace, apiaries, appraise, aspirate, paradise, parasite, pareiras, sapremia, septaria, spiraeas. | |
+2 letters: airplanes, airscapes, airspaces, appraised, appraisee, appraiser, appraises, aspiratae, aspirated, aspirates, disappear, disparage, disparate, paradises, parakites, parasites, parietals, pearmains, praesidia, psalteria, sapremias, satrapies, spermatia. | |
+3 letters: ametropias, apartheids, aphaeresis, apocarpies, appertains, appraisees, appraisers, appraisive, asparagine, asperating, aspergilla, aspherical, diaphorase, disappears, disparaged, disparager, disparages, imparadise, lapidaries, leprosaria, paganizers, parabioses, paramedics, paramnesia, parasitise, parasitize, pharmacies, plagiaries, plagiarise, rampancies, rapacities, reappraise, sailplaner, separating, separation, separatism, separatist, separative, spermatial, verapamils. | |
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