Bedstraw

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several weedy or ornamental plants of the genus Galium, having whorled leaves, clusters of small white or yellow flowers, and prickly stems. Also called cleavers.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a plant of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
  • n. straw put into a bed
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Straw put into a bed.
  • n. A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Straw used in stuffing a mattress or bed. [In this literal sense properly with a hyphen.]
  • n. A popular name of the different species of the genus Galium, from the old practice of using it in beds. Our Lady's or yellow bedstraw is G. verum; white bedstraw is G. Mollugo. See Galium. A name given to Desmodium Aparines.
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  • n. any of several plants of the genus Galium
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herbaceous plant    Herb   
    Hyponym
    clivers    cleavers    galium boreale    white bedstraw    waldmeister   
     
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