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bedder

[ bed-er ]

noun

  1. Also called bed·ding plant [bed, -ing plant]. Horticulture. an ornamental plant that is suitable for planting with other plants in a bed to achieve a desired visual effect.


bedder

/ ˈbɛdə /

noun

  1. (at some universities) a college servant employed to keep students' rooms in order
  2. a plant that may be grown in a garden bed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedder1

First recorded in 1605–15; bed + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Either as a bedder, or a bush in the herbaceous border, or, still more, when grown as a dwarf hedge, its fresh loveliness is a never-ending delight.

Abel Carrière, another dark maroon of fine form, and Queen of the bedders, producing carmine flowers so freely that it must be disbudded; it is subject to mildew.

After he came back to Snutch's rooms and read a shilling novel which he had found in the bedder.

It was a rare lark, but we've got three days bedder for it.

Fred and he did not seem to be very pleased to see each other again, and since they always got on my nerves I went into my bedder to finish dressing.

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