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• Bedstraw — Bed straw , n. 1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. [1913 Webster] {Our Lady s bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bedstraw — [bed′strô΄] n. [from its former use as straw for beds] any of a genus (Galium) of small plants of the madder family, with whorled leaves and small flowers …   English World dictionary

• bedstraw — /bed straw /, n. a rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, or some allied species, formerly used as straw for stuffing mattresses. [1350 1400; late ME; see BED, STRAW] * * * Any low perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Galium, in the madder family,… …   Universalium

• Small Mountain Ringlet — Mountain Ringlet (Canillo, Andorra) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• bedstraw — noun a plant of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers …   Wiktionary

• bedstraw — noun Etymology: from its use for mattresses Date: 1527 any of a genus (Galium) of herbs of the madder family having squarish stems, whorled leaves, and small flowers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bedstraw — n. small plant once used as stuffing for mattresses …   English contemporary dictionary

• bedstraw — noun a herbaceous plant with small flowers and whorls of slender leaves, formerly used for stuffing mattresses. [Genus Galium: several species.] …   English new terms dictionary

• Our Lady's bedstraw — Bedstraw Bed straw , n. 1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. [1913 Webster] {Our Lady s bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• White bedstraw — Bedstraw Bed straw , n. 1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. [1913 Webster] {Our Lady s bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lady's bedstraw — small plant once used as stuffing for mattresses; shrub with long and thin leaves and clusters of white flowers native of East India …   English contemporary dictionary