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

Definition 2024


bedstraw

bedstraw

English

Noun

bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)

  1. any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
  2. (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

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