About The Word Woodruff
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Woodruff
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What's The Definition Of Woodruff?
[n] any plant of the genus Asperula
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Woodruff: Asperula odorata | fragrant bedstraw | Galium odoratum | sweet woodruff | waldmeister Related Terms | Find terms related to Woodruff: See Also | Asperula | Asperula tinctoria | bedstraw | dyer's woodruff | genus Asperula | May wine | subshrub | suffrutex Woodruff In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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