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wood⋅ruff

  [wood-ruhf, -ruhf]
–noun
any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff), a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME woderove, OE wudurofe, wudurife, equiv. to wudu wood 1 + -rofe, -rife, element of uncert. meaning; cf. G Rübe carrot
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sweet woodruff  
n.  See woodruff.
wood·ruff   (wŏŏd'rəf, -rŭf')   
n.  

  1. A fragrant perennial herb (Galium odoratum) native to Eurasia and North Africa and widely cultivated as a shade ground cover, having small white flowers and narrow leaves used for flavoring wine and in sachets. Also called sweet woodruff.

  2. Any of various plants of the genus Asperula, having whorled leaves and small funnel-shaped flowers.


[Middle English woderofe, from Old English wudurofe : wudu, wood + -rofe, of unknown meaning.]
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