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Meaning of "hardhack" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARDHACK

ˈhɑːdˌhæk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARDHACK

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Hardhack is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HARDHACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spiraea tomentosa

Spiraea tomentosa, commonly known as the steeplebush, meadowsweet, or hardhack, is a plant similar in characteristics to S. douglasii. Spiraea tomentosa grows to up to four feet high, and prefers moist to wet soil and full sun. It blooms in summer. Individual Steeplebush flowers are about 1/16 of an inch wide and are arranged in narrow, pyramid-shaped clusters that can be up to eight inches long. Butterflies and other nectar-feeding insects find the flowers highly attractive. The flowers are followed by small, dry, brown fruit. It has a dense white-woolly tomentum which covers its stem and the underside of its leaves. It is noted for its astringent properties, which cause it to be used medicinally. The hardiness zone for this plant is listed as zones 4 to 8. It is found natively in the eastern United States and Canada.

Definition of hardhack in the English dictionary

The definition of hardhack in the dictionary is a woody North American rosaceous plant, Spiraea tomentosa, with downy leaves and tapering clusters of small pink or white flowers Also called: steeplebush.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARDHACK

hack · lifehack · tacamahac · tacmahack

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARDHACK

harden · harden off · harden up · Hardenberg · Hardenburg · hardened · hardener · hardening · hardening of the arteries · hardface · hardfisted · hardhanded · hardhandedness · hardhat · hardhead · hardheads · hardhearted · hardheartedly · hardheartedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARDHACK

bullwhack · bushwhack · chack · cookshack · fly hack · googlewhack · out of whack · paddywhack · shack · top whack · whack

Synonyms and antonyms of hardhack in the English dictionary of synonyms

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绣线菊间找来找去
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spirée
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Hardhack
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हार्डहाक
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARDHACK»

Discover the use of hardhack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hardhack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts State ...
In order to make a point in regard to my lecture last night, and in order that the farmers of Barre may properly appreciate the arduous labors of my friend (and he is a very industrious man when at home), I want to explain what hardhack ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture, 1873
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Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest: ...
Hardhack is a spectacular native shrub with many outstanding features that are suitable for a native landscape planting. It has large, upright clusters of bright pink flowers that continue to be produced over an extended period of time. Nearly  ...
Sally S. Weeks, Harmon P. Weeks, Jr., 2012
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Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Attracting Birds
The only spirea with woolly twigs and leaf undersides, the hardhack grows to 5 feet with a spread of 2 to 4 feet. Another common name is steeplebush. Bark. Stems covered with fine, brown hairs. Leaves. Alternate, simple, 1 to 3 inches long, ...
Richard M. DeGraaf, 2002
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Woman in Prison
... no other way but to appeal to you in these cases of ours. 1 have no authority to prevent the mischievous interference of Mrs. Hardhack ; and to aggravate, in return, I cannot. She has the advantage of me in the disposition and ability to do so.
Caroline H. Woods, 1869
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Proposed John Henry No. 1 Mine, King County, Washington: ...
Red Alder-Willow/Hardhack Community This is one of the two wetland communities within the old confines of Mud Lake. The breaching of the Mud Lake dam has resulted in major changes in the flora within this community type. The dominant ...
United States. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1985
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Bog Tender: Coming Home to Nature and Memory
The hardhack stands tall, bright red— brown in the sun, but where sunlight hasn't yet reached it, it's a field of brilliant white. Hoarfrost covers every stalk and branch . Even out of direct sun the white glistens. The line between red-brown and ...
George Szanto, 2013
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Delphi Complete Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Illustrated):
“WELL now, Dr. Hardhack, doesn't our Emily look beautifully?” said Emily's mother and grandmother andaunt,allin onebreath. Emily had come home from her long abode in the country, and had brought her friend Pussy Willow with her; and ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 2014
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Disposal and Recycling of Organic and Polymeric Construction ...
Also availahle from E & FN Spon Recycling of Demolished Concrete and Masonry Edited hy T.C. Hansen Hardhack (0 4t9 t5820 0), 3t6 pages Demolition and Reuse of Concrete and Masonry Edited hy Y. Kasai Hardhack (0 4t2 32t t0 6) , 8t4 ...
Y. Ohama, 2004
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Native Trees Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America: ...
... pubens (Scarlet Elder) Shepherdia argéntea (Silver Buffaloberry) Shepherdia canadensis (Russet Buffaloberry) Spiraea corymbosa (Corymed Spirea) Spiraea tomentosa (Hardhack Spirea) Staphylea trifolia (American Bladdernut) Stewartia  ...
Gary L. Hightshoe, 1987
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Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
<qatheIhp>, EB /'oceanspray plant, ”ironwood”, ”hardhack”'/, see qathexw. < qathexW>, free root //qéeoxw//, FSH /'prong ofspear, prong offish spear'/, SOC, ASM ['made of oceanspray wood'], syntactic analysis: nominal, attested by EL, Elders ...
Brent Douglas Galloway, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARDHACK»

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Lightning Lab Hardens Up
Lightning Lab Manufacturing is currently working with Makers Org NZ to run HardHack NZ on June 6th – a 12 hour hackathon which will give ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jun 15»
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DIG DEEP: Choose wisely in the garden
Spiraea douglasii is aptly named as hardhack by everyone who has had to hack it out of the garden. Invasive, tough and resistant to every ... «North Shore News, May 15»
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AS SIMPLE AS THAT: Riding the Bingay Stream
I struggled through the first portage of alders and hardhack. And then I paddled away without my camera case, remembering it only after I'd ... «Nova News Now, May 15»
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AS SIMPLE As THAT: Nothing worth doing is ever easy
Beside the tree, behind the tree was nothing but hardhack, low thick brushy plants, and swamp – nothing that looked like a trail. I jumped off the ... «Digby Courier, Feb 15»
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Surrey Bend Regional Park to open in 2015
... fish and mammals, dominated by giant cottonwoods, red alders, birch, hardhack, willow, and featuring the third-largest bog in the region. «Vancouver Sun, Dec 14»
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AS SIMPLE AS THAT: Every step is a lesson when you're carrying a …
But it was that last carry that did me in – only 300 metres but it started off with a steep climb through alders and hardhack, and made a couple ... «Digby Courier, Dec 14»
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ANN LOVEJOY | Making and planting rain gardens
Spirea douglasii Hardhack Native. Spirea (many) Spirea. Symphoricarpus Snowberry Native. Vaccinium ovatum Huckleberry Native. Contact ... «Kitsap Sun, Nov 14»
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Shopping for Horse Farm Property
For example, sedges, rushes, and hardhack growing in pastures indicate these areas are wet--maybe even too wet for horses. Skunk cabbage ... «TheHorse.com, Oct 14»
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What's in Bloom: Douglas' spiraea
Spiraea douglasii, commonly known as Douglas's spiraea or Hardhack, is a Northwest Coast native shrub that is found growing in moist areas ... «Juneau Empire, Sep 14»
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Bog a battlefield for developer, neighbor in Snohomish County
... of the same flora from the time it was first surveyed in 1929 — multiple kinds of peat, hardhack, Labrador tea, bog cranberry and bladderwort. «The Seattle Times, Feb 14»
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