| bedstraw | 1. Straw put into a bed. 2. <botany> 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lady's bedstraw | <botany> The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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