bedstraw

• Существительное, обозначающее любое из нескольких растений рода Подмаренник (Galium), исторически часто использовавшееся для набивки матрасов.

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

1. Plant of the genus GaliumC1formal

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

   Подмаренник

   • 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.

   Synonymsgalium