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Webster 1913 Edition
Bedstraw
Bed′strawˊ
,Noun.
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
Galium mollugo
.Webster 1828 Edition
Bedstraw
BED'STRAW
,Noun.
Definition 2024
bedstraw
bedstraw
English
Noun
bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)
- any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
- (obsolete) straw put into a bed
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Derived terms
- Our Lady's bedstraw
- white bedstraw