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bedstraw
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bedstraw has 1 sense
- bedstraw(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several plants of the genus Galium; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of galium, genus galium
has particulars: asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff, galium boreale, northern bedstraw, northern snow bedstraw, galium verum, our lady's bedstraw, yellow bedstraw, yellow cleavers, galium lanceolatum, wild licorice, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers, false baby's breath, galium mollugo, infant's-breath, white bedstraw, white madder, wild madder
CIDE DICTIONARY
bedstraw, n.
- Straw put into a bed. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bedstraw, n.
1 any herbaceous plant of the genus Galium, once used as straw for bedding.
2 (in full Our Lady's bedstraw) a bedstraw, G. verum, with yellow flowers.
1 any herbaceous plant of the genus Galium, once used as straw for bedding.
2 (in full Our Lady's bedstraw) a bedstraw, G. verum, with yellow flowers.
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