Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Either of two North American shrubs (Spiraea alba or S. latifolia) having umbel-shaped clusters of white flowers.
- n. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Filipendula in the rose family.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any plant of the genus Spiræa, primarily S. Ulmaria of the Old World; in the United States more especially S. salicifolia.
Wiktionary
- n. botany A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) 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.
Examples
“One sense may bring dreams and echoes of another – you can see green water-shadows when the scent of meadowsweet is in the air, and hear remembered music when a certain light is on the hills.”
“- also called meadowsweet does well in the shade and offers tons of color choices although mostly in the red, pink, lavender family. eMail (will not be published) (required)”
“But if you have a space to grow, why not begin in the garden, in conceiving original dried blends: meadowsweet, verbena, bergamot, gardenia, tuberose, thyme, honeysuckle, sage and violet.”
“Wet-kneed, we walked by pastures filled with the white froth of meadowsweet and river-bank flora of lady's bedstraw, betony, devil's bit scabious, greater burnet and eyebright, kneeling several times to store memories of the scent of the last of the fragrant orchids.”
“I knew that meadowsweet contained coumarin, but it's rather late in the season for this plant.”
“Having completed my experiments I must say that, despite my misgivings, meadowsweet came out on top, tasting remarkably like Susanne's brew.”
“I suggest filling the jar loosely one half full of dried plant, perhaps less for the more potent meadowsweet.”
“The wonderful smell of lady's bedstraw not as sickly as meadowsweet becomes stronger with drying.”
“Good spirits ... a glass of John Wright's homemade meadowsweet grass vodka, mixed with juice from apples in his garden.”
“Heavy doses of nitrogen fertiliser will tip the competitive balance in favour of grasses, and soon purple wood crane's bill, blood-red greater burnet, frothy white pignut and meadowsweet, yellow lady's bedstraw, globe flower and blue speedwells will vanish, leaving an "improved" pasture – more productive, more profitable, but oh-so dull.”
The Guardian: Make hay meadow photos while the sun shines | Phil Gates
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘meadowsweet’.
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
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The Good Soldier
Words taken from The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford.
concatenation, vorticist, imagiste, auk, acquaintanceship, perforce, tapageu, jeunes, minuet, outsound, sedulous, goodheartedness and 105 more...
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flora and fauna
snapdragon, broomcorn, mollusk, moss, baleen, sorrel, bittersweet, thistle, heliotrope, indigo, persimmon, patchouli and 21 more...
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Herbalist
apothecary, decoction, rosehip, bergamot, nettle, tincture, meadowsweet, elderberry, fermentation, echinacea, glycerite, ayurveda
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verdure
word garden
botany, flora, flowerage, greenery, herbage, vegetation, verdure, horticulture, husbandry, herb, annual, blossom and 72 more...
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mary, mary, quite contrary
jonquil, cypress, hydrangea, phlox, clematis, japonica, willow, columbine, petunia, lianas, hosta, magnolia and 47 more...
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Whatever you rolled in, it sure smell...
aka words having to do with scent
oude, sillage, vanilla, chypre, mephitic, noisome, opoponax, patchouli, cardamom, grains of paradise, rice flower, chamomile and 67 more...
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wild as apples
Plants - no rhyme or reason.
hawthorn, rowan, birch, juniper, gillyflower, moss, pine, daphne, cowslip, larch, yew, tamarack and 12 more...
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