Saint Peter's wreath : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Saint Peter's wreath	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Saint Peter's wreath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Saint Peter's wreath n shrub having copious small white flowers in spring [syn: bridal wreath, bridal-wreath, Saint Peter's wreath, St. Peter's wreath, Spiraea prunifolia]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St. Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak. --Whittier. {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {John Dory}, under {John}. {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans}, etc. {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[91]a ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring. {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}. {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.