Meaning of BEDSTRAW
| Pronunciation: | | 'bed`stro
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of several plants of the genus Galium |
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| | See Also: | | Asperula odorata, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, false baby's breath, fragrant bedstraw, Galium, Galium aparine, Galium boreale, Galium lanceolatum, Galium mollugo, Galium odoratum, Galium verum, genus Galium, goose grass, herb, herbaceous plant, infant's-breath, Northern bedstraw, Northern snow bedstraw, Our Lady's bedstraw, spring cleavers, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, white bedstraw, white madder, wild licorice, wild madder, woodruff, yellow bedstraw, yellow cleavers | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bed"straw`\, n.
1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon.
2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square
stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
{Our Lady's bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium
verum}.
{White bedstraw} is {G. mollugo}.
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