bedstraw

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedstraw, bedstrau, bedde-straw, equivalent to bed +‎ straw.

Noun

bedstraw (countable and uncountable, plural bedstraws)

1. any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
2. Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
3. (obsolete) straw put into a bed
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Fleas breed principally of straw or mats, where there hath been a little moisture; or the chamber and bedstraw kept close and not aired

Derived terms

• alpine bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium)
• Andrews' bedstraw (Galium andrewsii subsp. andrewsii)
• Argus bedstraw (Galium argense)
• Arkansas bedstraw (Galium arkansanum)
• awned bedstraw (Galium aristatum)
• bald bedstraw (Galium orizabense)
• bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides)
• bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum)
• Bolander's bedstraw (Galium bolanderi)
• boreal bedstraw (Galium kamtschaticum)
• Borrego bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. borregoense)
• box bedstraw (Galium buxifolium)
• bracted bedstraw (Galium microphyllum)
• bristly bedstraw (Galium uncinulatum)
• bushy bedstraw (Galium matthewsii)
• California bedstraw (Galium californicum)
• Castle Lake bedstraw (Galium glabrescens
• cliff bedstraw (Galium correllii)
• climbing bedstraw (Galium nuttallii)
• coastal bedstraw (Galium hispidulum)
• Colorado bedstraw (Galium coloradoense)
• common marsh bedstraw (Galium palustre)
• Cone Peak bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. luciense)
• Day's bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. dayense)
• desert bedstraw (Galium desereticum)
• Ebbett's bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. ebbettsense)
• El Dorado bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. sierrae)
• Emery County bedstraw (Galium emeryense)
• European bedstraw (Galium rubioides)
• fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)
• Fendler's bedstraw (Galium fendleri)
• Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw (Galium collomiae)
• fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
• graceful bedstraw (Galium porrigens)
• Gray's bedstraw (Galium grayanum)
• hairy bedstraw (Galium pilosum)
• Hall's bedstraw (Galium hallii)
• Hardham's bedstraw (Galium hardhamiae)
• heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
• Hilend's bedstraw (Galium hilendiae)
• Humboldt bedstraw (Galium muricatum)
• Intermountain bedstraw (Galium serpenticum)
• Inyo bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. inyoense)
• Jepson's bedstraw (Galium jepsonii)
• Johnston's bedstraw (Galium johnstonii)
• Kingston Mountains bedstraw (Galium hilendiae subsp. kingstonense)
• lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)
• Lamarck's bedstraw (Galium divaricatum))
• largeleaf bedstraw (Galium magnifolium)
• licorice bedstraw (Galium circaezans)
• limestone bedstraw (Galium proliferum)
• limestone swamp bedstraw (Galium brevipes)
• Malheur bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. malheurense)
• Mexican bedstraw (Galium mexicanum)
• Modoc bedstraw (Galium glabrescens subsp. modocense)
• Munz's bedstraw (Galium munzii)
• narrowleaf bedstraw (Galium angustifolium)
• Nevada bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. nevadense)
• northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
• northern bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum)
• Okanoga bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. okanoganense
• oneflower bedstraw (Galium uniflorum)
• Onyx Peak bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. onycense)
• Oregon bedstraw (Galium oreganum)
• Our Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)
• Panamint Mountains bedstraw (Galium hilendiae subsp. carneum)
• Parish's bedstraw (Galium parishii)
• phloxleaf bedstraw (Galium andrewsii)
• piedmont bedstraw (Cruciata pedemontana)
• purple bedstraw (Galium latifolium)
• rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
• roughfruit corn bedstraw (Galium tricornutum)
• San Antonio Canyon bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. gabrielense)
• San Gabriel bedstraw (Galium grande)
• San Jacinto bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. jacinticum
• San Miguel Island bedstraw (Galium californicum subsp. miguelense))
• Santa Barbara bedstraw (Galium cliftonsmithii)
• Santa Catalina Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense)
• Santa Clemente Island bedstraw (Galium catalinense subsp. acrispum)
• Santa Lucia bedstraw (Galium clementis)
• Schultes' bedstraw (Galium schultesii)
• Scott Mountain bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. scotticum)
• Sequoia bedstraw (Galium sparsiflorum)
• serpentine bedstraw (Galium andrewsii subsp. gatense)
• shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum)
• shrubby bedstraw (Galium multiflorum)
• Siskiyou bedstraw (Galium ambiguum subsp. siskiyouense)
• slender bedstraw (Galium angustifolium subsp. gracillimum)
• smooth bedstraw (Cruciata laevipes)
• southwestern bedstraw (Galium virgatum)
• spreading bedstraw (Galium humifusum)
• starry bedstraw (Galium stellatum)
• stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium)
• subalpine bedstraw (Galium hypotrichium subsp. subalpinum)
• sweetscented bedstraw (Galium odoratum)
• Texas bedstraw (Galium texense)
• threepetal bedstraw (Galium trifidum)
• twinleaf bedstraw (Galium bifolium)
• wall bedstraw (Galium parisiense)
• Warner Mountains bedstraw (Galium serpenticum subsp. warnerense)
• warty bedstraw (Galium verrucosum)
• Watson's bedstraw (Galium watsonii)
• waxy bedstraw (Galium glaucum)
• white bedstraw (Galium album)
• Wirtgen's bedstraw (Galium verum var. wirtgenii)
• Wright's bedstraw (Galium wrightii
• yellow bedstraw (Galium verum)
• Yellow Spring bedstraw (Galium verum)
• yellow wall bedstraw (Galium murale)
• Yolla Bolly bedstraw (Galium ambiguum)

 

Translations

any plant of the herb genus Galium

• Czech: svízel (cs) f
• Finnish: matara (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γάλιον n (gálion)

• Italian: caglio (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rûnas (ku) f

• Maori: māwe
• Polish: przytulia (pl) f
• Turkish: yoğurtotu (tr)

See also

• strawbed

Further reading

• Galium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Galium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• bedstraw at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• straw bed, straw-bed, strawbed