meadwort

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noun

Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.

OriginMiddle English medewort ← Old English medewyrt →
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Meanings

nounmeadwort (uncountable)

alternative medæwart

  1. obsoleteuncountableMeadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.

    The metall first he mixt with Medæwart, / That no enchauntment from his dint might saue; / That it in flames of Aetna wrought apart, / And seuen times dipped in the bitter waue / Of hellish Styx, which hidden vertue to it gaue.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
meadowsweet

Origin

  1. Old Englishmedewyrt
  2. Middle Englishmedewort
  3. Englishmeadwort

From Middle English medewort, from Old English medewyrt, medowyrt, corresponding to mead + wort. Cognate with Norwegian mjødurt, Danish mjødurt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

metaworddamewortwardmote
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“meadwort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meadwort. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meadwort,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meadwort.

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