单词 | bedstraw |
释义 | bedstraw (once / 108435 pages) n WORD FAMILY bedstraw: bedstraws USAGE EXAMPLESHe said he wanted to bring the two together, which he accomplished by placing lambs’ hearts under burning bedstraw until the hearts collapse into ashes. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) “Bedstraw,” she said, pointing to a tall plant massed with golden blossoms. Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue(2000) Lady’s bedstraw seems to have been so called from the yellow colour of one or more kinds of Galium. Darwin, Francis, Sir, Springtime and Other Essays(2010) n any of several plants of the genus Galium Hypo|Hyper Asperula odorata, Galium odoratum, fragrant bedstraw, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula Galium boreale, Northern bedstraw, Northern snow bedstrawNorth American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental Galium verum, Our Lady's bedstraw, yellow bedstraw, yellow cleaverscommon yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia Galium lanceolatum, wild licoricebedstraw with sweetish roots Galium aparine, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, goose grass, spring cleaversannual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia Galium mollugo, false baby's breath, infant's-breath, white bedstraw, white madder, wild madderEurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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