English Explanatory Dictionary

lady's bedstraw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye.
  2. Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata, syn. Pharnaceum mollugo), a slender-leaved East Indian shrub with white flowers in umbels.

Word forms

lady's bedstraw lady's bedstraws ladies' bedstraws

Synonyms

yellow bedstraw Our Lady's bedstraw
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