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meadowsweet
CIDE DICTIONARY
meadowsweet, n.
The name of several plants of the genus Spiræa , especially the white- or pink-flowered Spiræa salicifolia , a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous Spiræa Ulmaria , which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
meadowsweet, 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.
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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