Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n.
1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon.
2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square
stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
{Our Lady's bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium
verum}.
{White bedstraw} is {G. mollugo}.
Our Lady's bedstraw
n : common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and
Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow bedstraw}, {yellow cleavers},
{Galium verum}]