meadowsweet Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mead"ow*sweet`, Mead"ow*wort` noun (Also<

• Meadowsweet
• Meadowwort

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Definitions

1. (Bot.) 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.