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sweet woodruff

sweet woodruff noun: an aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

sweet woodruff: an aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula...
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Noun

sweet woodruff (uncountable)

  1. An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.
    Synonyms:
    sweetscented bedstraw, waldmeister, woodruff, wuderove

Synonyms of sweet woodruff

Questions about sweet woodruff

What does sweet woodruff mean?
Sweet woodruff means an aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.
What part of speech is sweet woodruff?
Sweet woodruff is a noun.

Words near sweet woodruff in the dictionary

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  2. sweet waters
  3. sweet whiskey
  4. sweet william
  5. sweet williams
  6. sweet woodruff
  7. sweet wormwood
  8. sweet wormwoods
  9. sweet yarrow
  10. sweet young thing
  11. sweet young things

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