bedstraw
nounUK /ˈbɛd.stɹɔː/ · US /ˈbɛd.stɹɔ/
Etymology From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.
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
Obsolete Straw placed into a bed.
- Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired1627 (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:
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alpine bedstraw, Andrews' bedstraw, Argus bedstraw, Arkansas bedstraw, awned bedstraw, bald bedstraw, bedstraw St. Johnswort, bluntleaf bedstraw, Bolander's bedstraw, boreal bedstraw, Borrego bedstraw, box bedstraw, bracted bedstraw, bristly bedstraw, bushy bedstraw, California bedstraw, Castle Lake bedstraw (Galium glabrescens, catchweed bedstraw, cliff bedstraw, climbing bedstraw, coastal bedstraw, Colorado bedstraw, common marsh bedstraw, Cone Peak bedstraw, Day's bedstraw, desert bedstraw, Ebbett's bedstraw, El Dorado bedstraw, Emery County bedstraw, European bedstraw, fen bedstraw, Fendler's bedstraw, Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw, fragrant bedstraw, graceful bedstraw, Gray's bedstraw, hairy bedstraw, Hall's bedstraw, Hardham's bedstraw, heath bedstraw, Hilend's bedstraw, Humboldt bedstraw, Intermountain bedstraw, Inyo bedstraw, Jepson's bedstraw, Johnston's bedstraw, Kingston Mountains bedstraw, lady's bedstraw, Lamarck's bedstraw), largeleaf bedstraw, licorice bedstraw, limestone bedstraw, limestone swamp bedstraw, Malheur bedstraw, Mexican bedstraw, Modoc bedstraw, Munz's bedstraw, narrowleaf bedstraw, Nevada bedstraw, northern bedstraw, northern bog bedstraw, Okanoga bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. okanoganense, oneflower bedstraw, Onyx Peak bedstraw, Oregon bedstraw, Our Lady's bedstraw, Panamint Mountains bedstraw, Parish's bedstraw, phloxleaf bedstraw, piedmont bedstraw, purple bedstraw, rough bedstraw, roughfruit corn bedstraw, San Antonio Canyon bedstraw, San Gabriel bedstraw, San Jacinto bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. jacinticum, San Miguel Island bedstraw), Santa Barbara bedstraw, Santa Catalina Island bedstraw, Santa Clemente Island bedstraw, Santa Lucia bedstraw, Schultes' bedstraw, Scott Mountain bedstraw, Sequoia bedstraw, serpentine bedstraw, shining bedstraw, shrubby bedstraw, Siskiyou bedstraw, slender bedstraw, smooth bedstraw, southwestern bedstraw, spreading bedstraw, starry bedstraw, stiff marsh bedstraw, subalpine bedstraw, sweetscented bedstraw, Texas bedstraw, threepetal bedstraw, twinleaf bedstraw, wall bedstraw, Warner Mountains bedstraw, warty bedstraw, Watson's bedstraw, waxy bedstraw, white bedstraw, Wirtgen's bedstraw, wood bedstraw, Wright's bedstraw (Galium wrightii, yellow bedstraw, Yellow Spring bedstraw, yellow wall bedstraw, Yolla Bolly bedstraw- Related terms
- strawbed