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bedstraw

N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง ใช้ ใส่ ใน ที่นอน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEDSTRAW

n.[bed and straw. ] Straw laid under a bed to make it soft; also the name of a plant, a species of galium.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEDSTRAW

BEDSTRAW Bed "straw `, n.

 

1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bedstraw

bed straw |ˈbedˌstrô ˈbɛdstrɔ | noun a herbaceous plant with small, lightly perfumed, white or yellow flowers and whorls of slender leaves. It was formerly used for stuffing mattresses. [Genus Galium, family Rubiaceae: several species, including yellow bedstraw (G. verum ).]

 

Oxford Dictionary

bedstraw

bed |straw |ˈbɛdstrɔː | noun a herbaceous plant with small white or yellow flowers and whorls of slender leaves, formerly used for stuffing mattresses. Genus Galium, family Rubiaceae: several species.