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  1. Noun.  (botany) A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of ''Rosaceae'' family, ''Filipendula ulmaria''.
  2. Noun.  (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.

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