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bedstraw
[ bed-straw ]
noun
- a rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, or some allied species, formerly used as straw for stuffing mattresses.
bedstraw
/ ˈbɛdˌstrɔː /
noun
- any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium , which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry See also lady's bedstraw
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Here a few grass-blades, there a tiny plant of Sandwort, possibly a Rock Bedstraw, begin to root themselves in the moss.
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Three of the four belong to the Bedstraw genus (Galium), in which the corolla is wheel-shaped.
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It feeds on vine (Vitis vinifera) and yellow bedstraw (Galium verum); also on fuchsia and virginia-creeper (Ampelopsis).
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Its greenish eggs are laid on bedstraw, and in July and August the caterpillars may be found on the same kind of plant.
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It feeds, at night, in August and September, on bedstraw growing in dry places.
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