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meadowsweet

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mead⋅ow⋅sweet

[med-oh-sweet]
–noun
1. any plant belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, esp. S. latifolia, having white or pink flowers.
2. any plant of the closely related genus Filipendula (or Ulmaria).

Origin:
1520–30; meadow + sweet
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mead·ow·sweet   (měd'ō-swēt')   
n.  
  1. Either of two North American shrubs (Spiraea alba or S. latifolia) having umbel-shaped clusters of white flowers.

  2. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Filipendula in the rose family.

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