dropwort
[
drop
-wurt, -wawrt]
/ˈdrɒpˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
noun
1.
a European plant,
Filipendula vulgaris,
of the rose family, bearing small, scentless, white or reddish flowers.
Origin
1530-40;
drop
+
wort
2
British Dictionary definitions for
dropwort
dropwort
/
ˈdrɒpˌwɜːt
/
noun
1.
a Eurasian rosaceous plant,
Filipendula vulgaris,
with finely divided leaves and clusters of white or reddish flowers
See also
meadowsweet
(sense 1)
2.
water dropwort,
any of several umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus
Oenanthe,
with umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers