Meanings
nounlady's bedstraw (usually uncountable, plural lady's bedstraws or ladies' bedstraws)
plural lady's bedstraws · plural ladies' bedstraws
- uncountableusuallyA herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye.
Synonyms: yellow bedstraw, Our Lady's bedstraw
- uncountableusuallyCarpetweed (Mollugo verticillata, syn. Pharnaceum mollugo), a slender-leaved East Indian shrub with white flowers in umbels.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye.
Translations
Catalan espunyidella groga
- espunyidella grogaGalium verum
Dutch geel walstro
- geel walstroGalium verum
Finnish keltamatara
- keltamataraGalium verum
German Echtes Labkraut
- Echtes LabkrautGalium verum
Irish rú, rú Mhuire
- rúGalium verum
- rú MhuireGalium verum
Korean 솔나물
- 솔나물 (sollamul)Galium verum
Polish przytulia właściwa
- przytulia właściwaGalium verum
Russian подмаренник
- подмаренник (podmarennik)Galium verum
Swedish gulmåra
- gulmåraGalium verum
Welsh briwydd felen
- briwydd felenGalium verum
Cite this entry
APA
lady's bedstraw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lady's%20bedstraw
MLA
“lady's bedstraw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lady's%20bedstraw. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lady's bedstraw,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lady's%20bedstraw.
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