snowball bush

noun

First recorded in 1930–35

A board fence ran along the front yard, hedging in some lilac bushes and a huge snowball bush.

When at last he was ready for flight, Silvertip was under the snowball bush near by.

An oriole burst into melody, swinging in the great snowball bush near the Willow Street fence.

He looked in her direction, but she stood close to a great snowball-bush, and her dress was green muslin, and he did not see her.

There are about one hundred species, including the old-fashioned snowball bush, perhaps the best-known species in this country.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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