STEEPLEBUSH

Etymology

Noun

steeplebush (usually uncountable, plural steeplebushes)

A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.

Spiraea tomentosa, of eastern North American

Spiraea douglasii, of western North America

Synonyms

• hardhack

Source: Wiktionary



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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