bedstraw

Meaning

Noun

any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
straw put into a bed

Origin

From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to .

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