MEADOWWORT

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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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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