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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Straw put into a bed.

Bacon.

(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

Galium mollugo

Noun.

[bed and straw.] Straw laid under a bed to make it soft; also the name of a plant, a species of galium.