| NOUN | plant | woodruff, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata | Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets |
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| plant | woodruff | any plant of the genus Asperula |
| Sounds | wuh'drahf | |
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| Rhymes | aleph ... tuff: 40 rhymes with ahf... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | sweet woodruff, waldmeister, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata | |
| Parts | sweet woodruff, waldmeister | fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine |
| Broader | bedstraw | Any of several plants of the genus Galium |
| Substance of | May wine | A punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff |
| Spanish | asperilla, woodruff | |
| Meaning | Any plant of the genus Asperula. | |
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| Member of | Asperula, genus Asperula | woodruff |
| Narrower | dyer's woodruff, Asperula tinctoria | Creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing |
| Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
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