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woodruff /ˈwʊdrʌf /(also sweet woodruff) nounA white-flowered Eurasian plant with whorled leaves, smelling of new-mown hay when dried or crushed.- Galium odoratum, family Rubiaceae.
Actually I tucked a few bearberry plants among them as a salve to his feelings, and that spread almost as satisfyingly as the woodruff....- Wild garlic, woodruff, ivy, wild strawberry and violets provide the splendorous colour that gives the wood one of its many appealing qualities.
- First, though, I rip out the woodruff and lay the earth bare.
Origin Old English wudurofe, from wudu 'wood' + an element of unknown meaning. |