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dropwort
(redirected from Filipendula vulgaris)

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drop·wort  (drpwôrt, -wûrt)
n.
A Eurasian plant (Filipendula vulgaris, formerly F. hexapetala) having finely divided leaflets and clusters of small white flowers.

dropwort [ˈdrɒpˌwɜːt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian rosaceous plant, Filipendula vulgaris, with finely divided leaves and clusters of white or reddish flowers See also meadowsweet [1]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
water dropwort any of several umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Oenanthe, with umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers


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WORT A DISPLAY FOR SUMMER FILIPENDULA vulgaris may have the rather unpleasant-sounding common name of "dropwort," but it makes a beautiful display in the garden.
 
 
 
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