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meadowsweet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɛdəʊswiːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any plant of the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80–100 species of shrubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: nasai-lore — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Breton: rouanez-ar-foenneg — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Breton: rouanez-ar-prad — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Catalan: reina dels prats — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Cornish: medhles — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Czech: tužebník jilmový — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Danish: mjødurt — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Dutch: moerasspirea — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Erzya: дуболго (dubolgo) — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Faroese: atamjaðarurt — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Finnish: mesiangervo — Filipendula ulmaria
  • French: reine-des-prés — Filipendula ulmaria
  • West-Frisian: wyld geiteburd — Filipendula ulmaria
  • German: Mädesüß — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Icelandic: mjaðjurt — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Irish: airgead luachra — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Irish: crios Chú Chulainn — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Italian: olmaria — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Kyrgyz: тобулг (tobulg) — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Latvian: parastā vīgrieze — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Lithuanian: pelkinė vingiorykštė — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Macedonian: меду́ника (medúnika) — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Norman: reine-des-prés — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Norwegian: mjødurt — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Polish: wiązówka błotna — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Portuguese: ulmeira — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Portuguese: ulmária — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Romanian: crețușcă — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Russian: та́волга (távolga) — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Scottish Gaelic: crios-Chuchulainn — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Scottish Gaelic: airgead-luachra — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Scottish Gaelic: lus nan gillean òga — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Spanish: reina de los prados — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Spanish: altarcina — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Spanish: florón — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Swedish: älggräs — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Swedish: älgört — Filipendula ulmaria
  • Welsh: erwain — Filipendula ulmaria