bedstraw

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Wild thyme continues to bloom--the shepherd's thyme--wild mignonette, blue scabious, white dropwort, yellow bedstraw, and the large purple blooms of greater knapweed.

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  1. noun Any of several weedy or ornamental plants of the genus Galium, having whorled leaves, clusters of small white or yellow flowers, and prickly stems. Also called cleavers.

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  1. Short for Our Lady's Bedstraw, name for a plant of the genus Galium, whose foliage was used to stuff mattresses in medieval times.

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  1. from Middle English beddestrawe, bedstre (= Old High German bettistro, German bettstroh), bed-straw, bed; from bed + straw.
 

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/ˈbɛdstrɔ/
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