Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant, probably the same as
meadow-wort .
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- noun obsolete
Meadowsweet , a plant found nearrivers or on damp ground.
Etymologies
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Old English medewyrt, medowyrt, corresponding to mead + wort. Cognate with Norwegian mjødurt, Danish mjødurt.
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