bedstraw

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From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BEDSTRAWCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BEDSTRAW bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + strawCategory:English compound terms#BEDSTRAW.

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bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)Category:English lemmas#BEDSTRAWCategory:English nouns#BEDSTRAWCategory:English uncountable nouns#BEDSTRAWCategory:English countable nouns#BEDSTRAWCategory:English countable nouns#BEDSTRAWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEDSTRAWCategory:Pages with entries#BEDSTRAWCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEDSTRAW

  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. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BEDSTRAW) straw put into a bed
    • 1627 (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 William Lee [], →OCLC:
      Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired
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