Ornamental shrub
The crossword clue "Ornamental shrub" is answered by SPIREA, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPIREA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPIREA answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- OLEASTER (2 uses in xd)
- COTONEASTER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPIREA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPIREA, most used first.
- Rose family shrub - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Meadowsweet - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
- Shrub of the rose family - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Flowering shrub - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Flowering shrub - AZALEA, used 52 times
- Showy shrub - AZALEA, used 43 times
- Flowery shrub - AZALEA, used 18 times
- Ornamental beetle - SCARAB, used 18 times
- Thorny shrub - ACACIA, used 12 times
- Hedge shrub - PRIVET, used 11 times
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