'White bedstraw' definitions:
Definition of 'white bedstraw'
(from WordNet)
noun
Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America [syn: wild madder, white madder, white bedstraw, infant's-breath, false baby's breath, Galium mollugo]
Definition of 'White bedstraw'
From: GCIDE
- Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n.
- 1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. [1913 Webster]
- Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium verum}.
- White bedstraw is Galium mollugo. [1913 Webster]