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FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fragrant bedstraw mean?
• FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW (noun)
The noun FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW has 1 sense:
1. Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
Familiarity information: FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asperula odorata; fragrant bedstraw; Galium odoratum; sweet woodruff; waldmeister; woodruff
Hypernyms ("fragrant bedstraw" is a kind of...):
bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)
Meronyms (parts of "fragrant bedstraw"):
sweet woodruff; waldmeister (fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine)
Holonyms ("fragrant bedstraw" is a substance of...):
May wine (a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff)
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