bedstraw noun. ['bɛdstrɔ:] LME.
[from BED noun + STRAW noun.]
1. Straw used for bedding. LME-M17.

2. Any of numerous straggling plants of the genus Galium, belonging to the madder family and bearing many tiny flowers; esp. (in full lady's bedstraw) a yellow-flowered European plant, Galium verum, of dry grassland. E16.

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