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lady's bedstraw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
la-dy's bed-straw
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye.

Uncountable

noun

Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata, syn. Pharnaceum mollugo), a slender-leaved East Indian shrub with white flowers in umbels.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lady's bedstraws (plural) ladies' bedstraws (plural)

Synonyms

yellow bedstraw Our Lady's bedstraw

Questions

What does lady's bedstraw mean?
A herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye.

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