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Bedstraw
//ˈbɛd.stɹɔː// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers countable, uncountable
- 2 any of several plants of the genus Galium wordnet
- 3 Any plant of the genus Cruciata. countable, uncountable
- 4 straw put into a bed countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired"
Etymology
From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.
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