MEADOWSWEET

Etymology

Noun

meadowsweet (plural meadowsweets)

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.

Synonyms

• (Filipendula ulmaria): queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadowwort, meadwort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, bridewort

Source: Wiktionary


Mead"ow*sweet`, Mead"ow*wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The name of several plants of the genus Spiræa, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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