Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of several plants of the genus Galium;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n.
1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square
stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
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Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium
verum.
White bedstraw is Galium mollugo.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bedstraw
n 1: any of several plants of the genus Galium