bedstraw : Idioms & Phrases
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fragrant bedstraw
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noun Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
waldmeister; sweet woodruff; Asperula odorata; woodruff; Galium odoratum.
WordNet
lady's bedstraw
La"dy's bed"straw`
Definitions
(Bot.) The common bedstraw ( Galium verum ); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo ), with white flowers in umbels.
Webster 1913
northern bedstraw
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noun North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
Galium boreale; Northern bedstraw.
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northern snow bedstraw
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noun North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
Galium boreale; Northern bedstraw.
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Our Lady's bedstraw
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noun common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia
Galium verum; yellow cleavers; Our Lady's bedstraw.
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- which has yellow flowers, is
Galium verum .
Webster 1913
White bedstraw
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noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Galium mollugo; white madder; wild madder; false baby's breath; infant's-breath.
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- is
G. mollugo .
Webster 1913
yellow bedstraw
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noun common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia
Galium verum; yellow cleavers; Our Lady's bedstraw.