| meadow | Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow ground." For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. Meadow beauty. <botany> The common or jack snipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| meadow dermatitis | A photoallergic reaction to contact with a plant containing furocoumarin in which the bizarre configuration of the eruption is that of the streaky pattern of the plant contact; often occurs after sunbathing. Synonym: phytophlyctodermatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meadows' syndrome | <syndrome> Cardiomyopathy developing during pregnancy or the puerperium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meadows, William Robert | <person> U.S. Cardiologist, *1919. See: Meadows' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meadowwort | <botany> The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. Salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water meadow | <agriculture> A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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