meadowsweet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
Any plant of the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80–100 species of shrubs.

/ˈmɛdəʊswiːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meadowsweet.wav /ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/

meadowsweet meadowsweets

Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.

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white meadowsweet

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