Home › Words › B › bridewortbridewortbridewort · noun — any of several flowering plants; Filipendula ulmaria.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom bride + wort.nounAny of several flowering plants; Filipendula ulmariaAny of several flowering plants; Spiraea salicifoliaAny of several flowering plants; Spiraea alba, the pale bridewortDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.brideweed 68% match — Synonym of butter-and-eggs. vs bridewort →meadowsweet 68% match — A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria. vs bridewort →dropwort 63% match — A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet. vs bridewort →meadowwort 61% match — The plant meadowsweet. vs bridewort →brookweed 59% match — A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel. vs bridewort →ribbonweed 59% match — Any of various marine and freshwater flowering plants:; Species of Posidonia vs bridewort →willowherb 58% match — Any of several flowering plants, mostly in the genus Epilobium of the family Onagraceae. vs bridewort →boragewort 58% match — Any plant of the borage family (Boraginaceae). vs bridewort →