dropwort

English

dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris)

Etymology

From drop +‎ wort, referring to its hanging tubers.

Noun

dropwort (plural dropworts)

1. A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
2. Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
3. Any plant of genus Oxypolis.

Synonyms

• (Filipendula vulgaris): fern-leaf dropwort

Derived terms

• waterdropwort (Oenanthe)
• water dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi, Oenanthe)
• western dropwort (Gillenia trifoliata)
• hemlock dropwort (Oenanthe)

Translations

perennial herb

• Armenian: փրփրուկ (hy) (pʻrpʻruk)
• Bulgarian: орехче n (orehče), отвратниче n (otvratniče)
• Catalan: filipèndula f
• Danish: knoldet mjødurt
• Finnish: sikoangervo
• German: Kleines Mädesüß n
• Greek:

  Ancient: οἰνάνθη f (oinánthē)

• Irish: greabhán m, lus braonach m
• Polish: wiązówka bulwowa f
• Romanian: aglică (ro) f
• Russian: та́волга обыкнове́нная f (távolga obyknovénnaja), лаба́зник обыкнове́нный m (labáznik obyknovénnyj), лаба́зник шестилепестко́вый m (labáznik šestilepestkóvyj)
• Spanish: filipéndula f, palometa f
• Swedish: brudbröd (sv)
• Welsh: y grogedau f

Anagrams

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