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meadowsweet
noun mead·ow·sweet \ˈme-dō-ˌswēt, -də-\
Definition of MEADOWSWEET
1
: any of several spireas; especially : a North American native or naturalized spirea (as Spiraea alba and S. latifolia)
2
: any of a genus (Filipendula) of herbs closely related to the spireas
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First Known Use of MEADOWSWEET
1530
Rhymes with MEADOWSWEET
aquavit, at one's feet, balance sheet, biathlete, bittersweet, booster seat, bucket seat, catbird seat, cellulite, cookie sheet, corps d'elite, countryseat, county seat, crystal pleat, decathlete, drag one's feet, driver's seat, easy street, exegete, incomplete, indiscreet, latent heat, letter sheet, lorikeet, make ends meet, marguerite, Masorete, meet and greet, miss a beat, Nayarit, obsolete, off one's feet, on one's feet, on the street, overeat, overheat, Paraclete, parakeet, pentathlete, prickly heat, rumble seat, saddle seat, scandal sheet, self-conceit, semisweet, shredded wheat, sliding seat, spirochete, superheat, to one's feet, triathlete, trick or treat, two-way street, undertreat, up one's street, winding-sheet, window seat
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