woodruff : Idioms & Phrases

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dyer's woodruff

  • noun creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
    Asperula tinctoria.
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sweet woodruff

  • noun 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
    waldmeister; Asperula odorata; woodruff; fragrant bedstraw; Galium odoratum.
  • noun fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine
    waldmeister.
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