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meadowsweet

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

mead·ow·sweet

noun \ˈme-dō-ˌswēt, -də-\

Definition of MEADOWSWEET

1
: any of several spireas; especially : a North American native or naturalized spirea (as Spiraea alba and S. latifolia)
2
: any of a genus (Filipendula) of herbs closely related to the spireas

First Known Use of MEADOWSWEET

1530

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