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bedstraws

bedstraws is the plural of bedstraw.

Meaning of bedstraw

Noun

bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)

  1. Any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers.
  2. Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
  3. (obsolete) 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...

Phrases with bedstraws

Questions about bedstraws

What is bedstraws the plural of?
Bedstraws is the plural of bedstraw.

Words near bedstraws in the dictionary

  1. bedstock
  2. bedstocks
  3. bedstone
  4. bedstones
  5. bedstraw
  6. bedstraws
  7. bedsurfer
  8. bedsurfers
  9. bedswerver
  10. bedswervers
  11. bedtable

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