资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Woodruff \Wood"ruff`\, Woodroof \Wood"roof`\, n. [AS. wudurofe.
See {Wood}, n., and cf. {Ruff} a plaited collar.] (Bot.)
A little European herb ({Asperula odorata}) having a pleasant
taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust.
of {Whorl}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Asperula odorata
n : 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 [syn: {sweet
woodruff}, {waldmeister}, {woodruff}, {fragrant bedstraw},
{Galium odoratum}]