bedder

[ bed-er ]

noun

bedmaker (def. 1).
Also called bed·ding plant [bed-ing plant] /ˈbɛd ɪŋ ˌplænt/ .Horticulture. an ornamental plant that is suitable for planting with other plants in a bed to achieve a desired visual effect.

Origin of bedder

First recorded in 1605–15; bed + -er¹

Words Nearby bedder

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How to use bedder in a sentence

Aber idt is bedder to die on a goodt ship dan in der wreck of a lighdthouse.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner | Wilbur Lawton
Mr. Abbott, I saidt, I dink you hadt bedder dake your coffee undt go to bedt.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner | Wilbur Lawton
Vicomtesse de Montesquieu, double white, useful as a bedder.
The Book of Roses | Francis Parkman
The cottage garden refused to follow the bad example of the "carpet-bedder."
The Mirrors of Downing Street | Harold Begbie
Longiflorum Japonicum blooms in July, and is a fine dwarf bedder; color pure white, with occasionally a greenish tinge outside.
Talks about Flowers. | M. D. Wellcome

British Dictionary definitions for bedder

bedder

/ (ˈbɛdə) /

noun

British (at some universities) a college servant employed to keep students' rooms in order
a plant that may be grown in a garden bed

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