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dropwort

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.

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noun

Meaning 2

Any plant of genus Oenanthe.

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noun

Meaning 3

Any plant of genus Oxypolis.

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History

Etymology

From drop + wort, referring to its hanging tubers.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: փրփրուկ (pʻrpʻruk) — perennial herb
  • Bulgarian: орехче (orehče) — perennial herb
  • Bulgarian: отвратниче (otvratniče) — perennial herb
  • Catalan: filipèndula — perennial herb
  • Danish: knoldet mjødurt — perennial herb
  • Finnish: sikoangervo — perennial herb
  • German: Kleines Mädesüß — perennial herb
  • Ancient Greek: οἰνάνθη (oinánthē) — perennial herb
  • Irish: greabhán — perennial herb
  • Irish: lus braonach — perennial herb
  • Polish: wiązówka bulwowa — perennial herb
  • Romanian: aglică — perennial herb
  • Russian: та́волга обыкнове́нная (távolga obyknovénnaja) — perennial herb
  • Russian: лаба́зник обыкнове́нный (labáznik obyknovénnyj) — perennial herb
  • Russian: лаба́зник шестилепестко́вый (labáznik šestilepestkóvyj) — perennial herb
  • Spanish: filipéndula — perennial herb
  • Spanish: palometa — perennial herb
  • Swedish: brudbröd — perennial herb
  • Welsh: y grogedau — perennial herb