bedstraw
nounEtymology
From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.
- inherited from bedstraw
Definitions
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy…
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
straw put into a bed
- Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired
The neighborhood
- neighborstrawbed
Derived
alpine bedstraw, Andrews' bedstraw, Argus bedstraw, Arkansas bedstraw, awned bedstraw, bald bedstraw, bedstraw St. Johnswort, bluntleaf bedstraw, Bolander's bedstraw, boreal bedstraw, Borrego bedstraw, box bedstraw, bracted bedstraw, bristly bedstraw, bushy bedstraw, California bedstraw, Castle Lake bedstraw (Galium glabrescens, catchweed bedstraw, cliff bedstraw, climbing bedstraw, coastal bedstraw, Colorado bedstraw, common marsh bedstraw, Cone Peak bedstraw, Day's bedstraw, desert bedstraw, Ebbett's bedstraw, El Dorado bedstraw, Emery County bedstraw, European bedstraw, fen bedstraw, Fendler's bedstraw, Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw, fragrant bedstraw, graceful bedstraw, Gray's bedstraw, hairy bedstraw, Hall's bedstraw, Hardham's bedstraw, heath bedstraw · +72 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bedstraw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA