bedstraw

English - Turkish

Definition of bedstraw in English Turkish dictionary

şilte otu

Yoğurt otu: iKök boyasıgillerden, çiçekli dal uçlarında sütü kestirmekte kullanılan bir maya bulunan, bir yıllık veya çok yıllık otsu bitki, çobansüzgeci (Galium)

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) Yoğurt otu

{i} yoğurtotu

eskiden şilte yapmak için kullanılan bir çeşit saman

{i} şiltelik saman

English - English

Definition of bedstraw in English English dictionary

a plant of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers

any of several plants of the genus Galium

{i} small plant once used as stuffing for mattresses

Straw put into a bed

A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers

Any low perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Galium, in the madder family, found in damp woods and swamps and along stream banks and shores. Bedstraws bear finely toothed, often needle-shaped leaves in whorls of four to eight; clusters of small green, yellow, or white flowers; and fruit composed of two rounded nuts joined together. Northern bedstraw (G. boreale), marsh bedstraw (G. palustre), and goosegrass (G. aparine) are common throughout Europe and have become naturalized in parts of North America. Sweet woodruff (G. odoratum) smells like freshly mown hay; its dried shoots are used in perfumes, sachets, and beverages. The roots of several species yield a red dye

Related Terms

lady's bedstraw

small plant once used as stuffing for mattresses; shrub with long and thin leaves and clusters of white flowers native of East India

ladys bedstraw

The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels

northern bedstraw

North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental

yellow bedstraw

common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia

Hyphenation

bed·straw

Turkish pronunciation

bedstrô

Pronunciation

/ˈbedˌstrô/ /ˈbɛdˌstrɔː/

Etymology

[ -"stro ] (noun.) 1527. from its use for mattresses.