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- Middle English · inherited frombedstraw
- English todaybedstraw
From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed + straw.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bedstraw
Today it means: Any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers. Full definition →
Middle English bedstraw