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Definition of Fragrant bedstraw

1. Noun. Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fragrant Bedstraw

Literary usage of Fragrant bedstraw

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"h. G. triflorum Michx. Northern Europe, Asia and X. America, south to Alabama and California. Sweet-scented or fragrant bedstraw. ..."

2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"... of the latter process of plant misnaming in respect to the common Galium triflorum, which the bookmen call the three-flowered or fragrant bedstraw. ..."

3. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1880)
"many an airy grass, may keep our meadow fern company, with Pitcher plant, and fragrant Bedstraw and Cranberry perhaps near by. Early spring flowers will be ..."

4. Annual Report of the Park Commissioners of the City of Lynn for the Year by Lynn (Mass.). Park Commissioners (1900)
"Cross-cleavers. G. lanceolatum. Lance-leaved Bedstraw. G. tinctorium. Marsh Bedstraw. G. trifidum. Small Bedstraw. G. triflorum. fragrant bedstraw. ..."

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