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- noun Plural form of
bedstraw .
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Examples
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Another group of plants containing coumarin are the bedstraws.
How to make żubrówka 2011
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Furry, yellow dung flies skirt through the herbage, passing bedstraws and lady's smock; it is mostly in bud, but a few fingernail-sized pink gowns are on show.
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Among the profusion of flowers you can find scabious, the bedstraws, vetches, ragwort,
Lessons on Soil E. J. Russell
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There was a wide strip of turf on each side of the road bejewelled with poppies and daisies, matted with yellow and white bedstraws, carpeted with clovers, and over all lay a coating of fine chalky dust, legacy of passing cart and carriage.
Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Marguerite Bryant
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Furry, yellow dung flies skirt through the herbage, passing bedstraws and lady's smock; it is mostly in bud, but a few fingernail-sized pink gowns are on show.
The Guardian World News Matt Shardlow 2011
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One legend has it that thyme was included among the hay used to make a bed for the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, so it is often considered one of “Mary’s bedstraws” of which there are several.
Thyme - The Virgin's Humility Mary 2009
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One legend has it that thyme was included among the hay used to make a bed for the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, so it is often considered one of “Mary’s bedstraws” of which there are several.
Archive 2009-05-01 Mary 2009
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