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bedstraw Definition

bed·straw (-strô′)

noun

any of a genus (Galium) of small plants of the madder family, with whorled leaves and small flowers

Etymology: from its former use as straw for beds

bedstraw Usage Examples

Converse of object

include: These include heath bedstraw, lesser stitchwort, yellow bartsia, tormentil cross-leaved heath and spotted orchids.

Adjective modifier

hedge: The larval foodplants are cleavers, hedge bedstraw and primroses.

Modifies a noun

  • galium: Fixed dune vegetation with red fescue Festuca rubra and lady's bedstraw Galium verum is very extensive and dominates most of the site.
  • verum: Fixed dune vegetation with red fescue Festuca rubra and lady's bedstraw Galium verum is very extensive and dominates most of the site.
  • hawkmoth: Several uncommon moths have been recorded including the bedstraw hawkmoth, a migrant from Mediterranean, which has bred in the past.
  • plant: The bedstraw plant is a common plant and includes species such as cleavers and lady's bedstraw.

Noun used with modifier

  • heath: Wet patches are dominated by heath rush and here heath bedstraw is likely to be the only common herb.
  • marsh: The herbaceous composition predominantly consists of marsh bedstraw, meadowsweet and ragged robin.
  • limestone: The grassland is dominated by blue moor-grass with herb species such as limestone bedstraw, carline thistle and wild thyme present.
  • fen: A county rarity, fen bedstraw, is also present.
  • lady: As well as marram grass there are a lot of flowering plants such as ladies bedstraw, northern marsh orchid and cowslip.

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