1.
[syn: wild madder, white madder, white bedstraw, infant's-breath, false baby's breath, Galium mollugo]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
white bedstraw
n 1: 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]