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Meadowsweet vs Dropwort - What's the difference?

meadowsweet | dropwort |

As nouns the difference between meadowsweet and dropwort

is that meadowsweet is (botany) a eurasian perennial flowering plant of rosaceae family, filipendula ulmaria while dropwort is a perennial herb, , closely related to meadowsweet.

meadowsweet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria .
  • (botany) A common name for the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80-100 species of shrubs.
  • Synonyms

    * (Filipendula ulmaria) queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadowwort, meadwort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, bridewort

    Derived terms

    * (white meadowseet)

    dropwort

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A perennial herb, , closely related to meadowsweet.
  • Synonyms

    * fern-leaf dropwort