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meadsweet
† ˈmeadsweet Obs. Forms: 5 medeswote, -sewte, 6 -swete, -sweete, 8 meadsweet, 6–8 corruptly maidsweet. [app. f. mead2 + sweet a.; but it is possible that, as in meadwort, the first element may originally have been mead1. The MDu. medesoete has the appearance of being etymologically equivalent (mede ...
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Filipendula ulmaria
Meadowsweet has also been referred to as queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadow-wort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, and An earlier common name dating from the 15th century was 'meadsweet'
Meadowsweet is known by many other names.
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meadow-sweet
meadow-sweet (ˈmɛdəʊswiːt) [f. meadow n. + sweet a. (The earlier form was meadsweet.)] The rosaceous plant Spiræa Ulmaria, common in moist meadows and along the banks of streams, growing on erect, rigid stems to a height of about two feet, with dense heads of creamy white and highly fragrant flowers...
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meadwort
† ˈmeadwort Obs. Forms: 1 medo-, medewyrt, 3 medwurt, 4, 8 medewort, 5 -wourth, 6 -wurt, 5 medwor, -wert, 6 Sc. meduart, -wart, 6 medæwart, medow wurt, 7 medowort, 8 meadwort. [OE. medowyrt, f. medo mead1 + wyrt wort, plant; corresponding to Sw. dial. mjödört (and equivalents in Norw., Da., mod.Icel...
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