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Bridal wreath   /brˈaɪdəl riθ/   Listen
Bridal wreath

noun
1.
Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers.  Synonyms: bridal-wreath, Francoa ramosa.
2.
Shrub having copious small white flowers in spring.  Synonyms: bridal-wreath, Saint Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia, St. Peter's wreath.






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"Bridal wreath" Quotes from Famous Books



... that brow, no bridal wreath was there, The widow's sombre cap conceal'd her once luxuriant hair; She weeps in silent solitude, for there is no one near, To press her hand within his own, and wipe away the tear! I see her broken-hearted, and methinks I see her now, In the pride of ...
— Old Ballads • Various

... she had, on the way back, exchanged her farewells and tears with her two dearest friends, Barbara Schmidt, and Regina Grundt, confiding to the former her cage of doves, and to the latter the myrtle, which, like every German maiden, she cherished in her window, to supply her future bridal wreath. Now pale as death, but so resolutely composed as to be almost disappointing to her demonstrative aunt, she quietly went through her home partings; while Hausfrau Johanna adjured her father by all that was sacred to be a true guardian and protector of the child, and he could not ...
— The Dove in the Eagle's Nest • Charlotte M. Yonge



Words linked to "Bridal wreath" :   spiraea, Francoa ramosa, Spiraea prunifolia, spirea, shrub, genus Francoa, Francoa, bush, bridal-wreath



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