GALIUM ODORATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galium odoratum mean? 

• GALIUM ODORATUM (noun)
  The noun GALIUM ODORATUM 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: GALIUM ODORATUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALIUM ODORATUM (noun)

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asperula odorata; fragrant bedstraw; Galium odoratum; sweet woodruff; waldmeister; woodruff

Hypernyms ("Galium odoratum" is a kind of...):

bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)

Meronyms (parts of "Galium odoratum"):

sweet woodruff; waldmeister (fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine)

Holonyms ("Galium odoratum" is a substance of...):

May wine (a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff)