meadow bright
noun
Simple meaning
Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups.
Pronunciation
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mehdohbrytSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɛdoʊbˈɹaɪt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
dialectalEngland
Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
Used this way, meadow bright is a word tied to one variety of English that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
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Where it naturally appears
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Usage note
Mainly used in Dialect English, so it may read as unusual elsewhere.
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