bedstraw
/ˈbɛd.stɹɔː/US/ˈbɛd.stɹɔ/
bedstraw noun: any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers.
Noun
bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)
- 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 placed 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 aired1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...
Forms of bedstraw
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Origin of bedstraw
From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.
Words formed from bedstraw
- 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
- Hilend's bedstraw
- Humboldt bedstraw
- Intermountain bedstraw
- Inyo bedstraw
- Jepson's bedstraw
- Johnston's bedstraw
- Kingston Mountains bedstraw
- lady's bedstraw
- Lamarck's bedstraw)
- largeleaf bedstraw
- licorice bedstraw
- limestone bedstraw
- limestone swamp bedstraw
- Malheur bedstraw
- Mexican bedstraw
- Modoc bedstraw
- Munz's bedstraw
- narrowleaf bedstraw
- Nevada bedstraw
- northern bedstraw
Phrases with bedstraw
Questions about bedstraw
- What does bedstraw mean?
- Bedstraw means any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers.
- What part of speech is bedstraw?
- Bedstraw is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bedstraw?
- Bedstraw is pronounced /ˈbɛd.stɹɔː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bedstraw?
- The plural of bedstraw is bedstraws.
Words near bedstraw in the dictionary
Source and license
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