meadowsweet
noun
mead·ow·sweet
ˈme-dō-ˌswēt 
-də-
1
: any of several spireas
especially
: a North American native or naturalized spirea (such as Spiraea alba and S. latifolia)
2
: any of a genus (Filipendula) of herbs closely related to the spireas
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All around are willows, willow herb, and meadowsweet.
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James Wood, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
A couple of other noteworthy ingredients are raspberry ketone which increases skin's firmness, and meadowsweet which acts as an anti-inflammatory, keeping puffiness at bay.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
This premium small-batch gin is made with 11 botanicals including: juniper, coriander, angelica root and Irish meadowsweet.
—James Barrett, Redbook, 8 Mar. 2023
The newest perfume, launching in spring, incorporates meadowsweet and wild ivy, which visitors can smell in the flourishing herb garden out back.
—Serena Renner, National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2019
On McAvoy's property, five acres of wild raspberry and blueberry grew up and four acres of meadowsweet blossomed where forest had been cleared.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 20 Dec. 2017
Cardinal flower and white meadowsweet are in bloom, and several trees lay on the ground, freshly felled by the resident beaver.
—James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 6 Aug. 2017
The creamy lotion, made with pure amber extract, relies on meadowsweet to tighten pores and absorb toxins and hyaluronic acid to stabilize the skin's water content.
—Sarah Cristobal, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Sep. 2008
John’s wort and meadowsweet—on the beaker in her grave.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2017
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James Wood, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
A couple of other noteworthy ingredients are raspberry ketone which increases skin's firmness, and meadowsweet which acts as an anti-inflammatory, keeping puffiness at bay.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
This premium small-batch gin is made with 11 botanicals including: juniper, coriander, angelica root and Irish meadowsweet.
—James Barrett, Redbook, 8 Mar. 2023
The newest perfume, launching in spring, incorporates meadowsweet and wild ivy, which visitors can smell in the flourishing herb garden out back.
—Serena Renner, National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2019
On McAvoy's property, five acres of wild raspberry and blueberry grew up and four acres of meadowsweet blossomed where forest had been cleared.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 20 Dec. 2017
Cardinal flower and white meadowsweet are in bloom, and several trees lay on the ground, freshly felled by the resident beaver.
—James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 6 Aug. 2017
The creamy lotion, made with pure amber extract, relies on meadowsweet to tighten pores and absorb toxins and hyaluronic acid to stabilize the skin's water content.
—Sarah Cristobal, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Sep. 2008
John’s wort and meadowsweet—on the beaker in her grave.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2017
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“Meadowsweet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meadowsweet. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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