Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common goose-grass or bedstraw, Galium Aparine, a plant belonging to the natural order Rubiaceæ, and closely related to the madder. See Galium, 2, and goose-grass.

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Examples

  • A lovely woman reclined on a low couch surrounded by what must have been her courtiersa motley assortment of faeries, from tiny sprites to what looked like lovely human girls with long hairif you discounted their black, pupil-less eyes.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • A lovely woman reclined on a low couch surrounded by what must have been her courtiersa motley assortment of faeries, from tiny sprites to what looked like lovely human girls with long hairif you discounted their black, pupil-less eyes.

    City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

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