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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meadowsweet

/ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
mead-owsweet
IPA
/ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/
  • British English: /ˈmɛdəʊswiːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

meadowsweets (plural)

Phrases

white meadowsweet

Synonyms

queen of the meadow pride of the meadow meadowwort meadwort meadow queen lady of the meadow dollof meadsweet bridewort

Questions

How do you pronounce meadowsweet?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛdoʊˈswit/.
What does meadowsweet mean?
A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
Where does meadowsweet come from?
Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.

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