meadowsweet

  • 11meadowsweet — noun /ˈmɛdəʊswiːt,ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/ a) A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria. b) A common name for the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80… …

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  • 12Meadowsweet — A plant (Filipendula ulmaria) once used to flavour *mead; found in fenland and wet meadowland …

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  • 13meadowsweet — medəʊswɪːt n. plant of the rose family which is commonly found in meadows and has creamy white fragrant flowers …

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  • 14meadowsweet — noun a tall plant with heads of creamy white fragrant flowers, growing typically in damp meadows. [Filipendula ulmaria.] …

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  • 15meadowsweet — mead•ow•sweet [[t]ˈmɛd oʊˌswit[/t]] n. 1) pln any plant of the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, esp. S. latifolia, having white or pink flowers 2) pln any plant of the closely related genus Filipendula (or Ulmaria) • Etymology: 1520–30 …

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  • 16meadowsweet — /ˈmɛdoʊswit/ (say medohsweet) noun a perennial herb, Filipendula ulmaria, with dense heads of small, cream coloured flowers, widespread on wet ground in Europe and temperate Asia …

  • 17meadowsweet — n. 1 a rosaceous plant, Filipendula ulmaria, common in meadows and damp places, with creamy white fragrant flowers. 2 any of several rosaceous plants of the genus Spiraea, native to N. America …

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  • 18pink meadowsweet — noun : either of two No. American spireas: a. : hardhack 1 b. : a small erect mat forming spirea (Spiraea densiflora) of the western United States with glabrous leaves and lavender flowers …

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  • 19Filipendula ulmaria — Meadowsweet redirects here. For other uses, see Meadowsweet (disambiguation). Meadowsweet Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …

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  • 20Meadowwort — Meadowsweet Mead ow*sweet , Meadowwort Mead ow*wort , n. (Bot.) The name of several plants of the genus {Spir[ae]a}, especially the white or pink flowered {Spir[ae]a salicifolia}, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous {Spir[ae]a… …

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