bedstraw

A noun referring to any of several plants belonging to the genus Galium, often used historically for stuffing mattresses.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى أي من النباتات العشبية من جنس الغاليوم (Galium)، وكان يُستخدم تاريخيًا في حشو الفراش والمراتب.

1. Plant of the genus Galium C1 formal

   Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Galium, often with small white or yellow flowers and whorled leaves.

   • The field was full of bedstraw, its delicate white flowers swaying in the breeze.
   • Lady's bedstraw was historically used to stuff mattresses.
   • The botanist identified the plant as a species of bedstraw.

   🌐جويسية

   المرادفات: galium