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Our Lady's bedstraw

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n.
   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 {G. mollugo}.

Source : WordNet®

Our Lady's bedstraw
     n : common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and
         Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow bedstraw}, {yellow cleavers},
          {Galium verum}]
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