meadowsweet

English

Filipendula ulmaria

Etymology

Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdəʊswiːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/

Noun

meadowsweet (plural meadowsweets)

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

Synonyms

• (Filipendula ulmaria): queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadowwort, meadwort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, bridewort

Derived terms

• white meadowsweet

Translations

Filipendula ulmaria

• Basque: nasai-lore
• Breton: rouanez-ar-foenneg f, rouanez-ar-prad f
• Catalan: reina dels prats f
• Cornish: medhles m
• Czech: tužebník jilmový
• Danish: mjødurt
• Dutch: moerasspirea (nl)
• Erzya: дуболго (dubolgo)
• Faroese: atamjaðarurt f
• Finnish: mesiangervo (fi)
• French: reine-des-prés (fr) f
• German: Mädesüß n
• Icelandic: mjaðjurt (is) f
• Irish: airgead luachra m
• Italian: olmaria f
• Latvian: parastā vīgrieze f
• Lithuanian: pelkinė vingiorykštė
• Macedonian: меду́ника f (medúnika)
• Norman: reine-des-prés f
• Norwegian: mjødurt
• Polish: wiązówka błotna (pl) f
• Portuguese: ulmeira (pt) f, ulmária f
• Romanian: crețușcă (ro) f
• Russian: та́волга (ru) f (távolga)
• Spanish: reina de los prados f, altarcina f, florón (es) m
• Swedish: älggräs n, älgört c
• Welsh: erwain m
• West Frisian: wyld geiteburd