Meanings
nounmeadowsweet (countable and uncountable, plural meadowsweets)
plural meadowsweets
- countableuncountableA Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
Synonyms: queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadowwort, meadwort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet
- countableuncountableAny plant of the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80–100 species of shrubs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
Similar
queen of the meadowpride of the meadowmeadowwortmeadwortmeadow queenlady of the meadowdollofmeadsweetbridewort
Origin
Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque nasai-lore
- nasai-loreFilipendula ulmaria
Catalan reina dels prats
- reina dels pratsFilipendula ulmaria
Czech tužebník jilmový
- tužebník jilmovýFilipendula ulmaria
Danish mjødurt
- mjødurtFilipendula ulmaria
Dutch moerasspirea
- moerasspireaFilipendula ulmaria
Finnish mesiangervo
- mesiangervoFilipendula ulmaria
French reine-des-prés
- reine-des-présFilipendula ulmaria
German Mädesüß
- MädesüßFilipendula ulmaria
Icelandic mjaðjurt
- mjaðjurtFilipendula ulmaria
Irish airgead luachra, crios Chú Chulainn
- airgead luachraFilipendula ulmaria
- crios Chú ChulainnFilipendula ulmaria
Italian olmaria
- olmariaFilipendula ulmaria
Latvian parastā vīgrieze
- parastā vīgriezeFilipendula ulmaria
Lithuanian pelkinė vingiorykštė
- pelkinė vingiorykštėFilipendula ulmaria
Norwegian mjødurt
- mjødurtFilipendula ulmaria
Polish wiązówka błotna
- wiązówka błotnaFilipendula ulmaria
Portuguese ulmeira, ulmária
- ulmeiraFilipendula ulmaria
- ulmáriaFilipendula ulmaria
Romanian crețușcă
- crețușcăFilipendula ulmaria
Russian та́волга
- та́волга (távolga)Filipendula ulmaria
Scottish Gaelic crios-Chuchulainn, airgead-luachra
- crios-ChuchulainnFilipendula ulmaria
- airgead-luachraFilipendula ulmaria
- lus nan gillean ògaFilipendula ulmaria
Spanish reina de los prados, altarcina
- reina de los pradosFilipendula ulmaria
- altarcinaFilipendula ulmaria
- florónFilipendula ulmaria
Swedish älggräs, älgört
- älggräsFilipendula ulmaria
- älgörtFilipendula ulmaria
Welsh erwain
- erwainFilipendula ulmaria
Cite this entry
APA
meadowsweet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meadowsweet
MLA
“meadowsweet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meadowsweet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meadowsweet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meadowsweet.
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