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Meadowsweet definition

mĕdō-swēt
Any of various shrubs of the genus Spiraea of the rose family, especially S. alba of North America, having tapered clusters of small white or light pink flowers.
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Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Filipendula of the rose family.
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Any of several spireas, esp., either of two common species (Spiraea alba and S. latifolia)
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Any of a genus (Filipendula) of plants of the rose family, with fragrant, white, pink, or purple flowers in clusters.
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(botany) A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
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(botany) A common name for the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80-100 species of shrubs.
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Noun

Singular:
meadowsweet
Plural:
meadowsweets

Meadowsweet Sentence Examples

  • Damper areas support species such as meadowsweet, ragged robin, water avens, lady's mantle and meadow fescue.

  • The herbaceous composition predominantly consists of marsh bedstraw, meadowsweet and ragged robin.

  • In spring and summer the meadows have a rich collection of wet meadow plants including great burnet and the fragrant meadowsweet.

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