Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Asperula, having whorled leaves and small funnel-shaped flowers.
- noun The cultivated plant sweet woodruff, formerly classified in the genus Asperula.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rubiaceous herb, Asperula odorata, of Europe and Asiatic Russia, more fully named sweet woodruff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A little European herb (
Asperula odorata ) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. SeeIllust. ofwhorl .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Galium
odoratum , an aromatic herb.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any plant of the genus Asperula
- noun Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not because he told me not to, but I liked being able to smell him on my skin, that musky woodruff and spice flavor.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Chief among these is woodruff, but lady's bedstraw is a more accessible plant, common in many hedgerows.
How to make żubrówka 2011
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Moriarty and McNamara grow the fragrant herb sweet woodruff, after which they named their restaurant.
Sweet Woodruff John Letzing 2012
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Not because he told me not to, but I liked being able to smell him on my skin, that musky woodruff and spice flavor.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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You can see some sweet woodruff in the background, next to a hydrangea 'Tardiva.'
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Not because he told me not to, but I liked being able to smell him on my skin, that musky woodruff and spice flavor.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Its bricks are made from recycled waste, and it has bike parking, bike showers, high-performance windows, and three green roofs planted with golden stonecrop, sweet woodruff, Allegheny foamflower and Solomon's seal.
After a Bitter Battle, a Quiet End Dana Rubinstein 2011
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Its bricks are made from recycled waste, and it has bike parking, bike showers, high-performance windows, and three green roofs planted with golden stonecrop, sweet woodruff, Allegheny foamflower and Solomon's seal.
After a Bitter Battle, a Quiet End Dana Rubinstein 2011
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Not because he told me not to, but I liked being able to smell him on my skin, that musky woodruff and spice flavor.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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A great little shade-loving groundcover is sweet woodruff, or Galium odoratum.
slumry commented on the word woodruff
Galium Also known as sweet woodruff, or bedstraw. The dried leaves have a sweet smell.
July 18, 2007
bilby commented on the word woodruff
Also mugget.
July 27, 2021