Galium verum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Galium verum
    n 1: common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America
         and Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow bedstraw}, {yellow
         cleavers}, {Our Lady's bedstraw}, {Galium verum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lady's bedstraw \La"dy's bed"straw`\, (Bot.)
   The common bedstraw ({Galium verum}); also, a slender-leaved
   East Indian shrub ({Pharnaceum Mollugo}), with white flowers
   in umbels.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Maid's hair \Maid's" hair`\ (Bot.)
   The yellow bedstraw ({Galium verum}).
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n.
   1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon.
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   2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square
      stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
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   {Our Lady's bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium
      verum}.

   {White bedstraw} is {Galium mollugo}.
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