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lady's bedstraw

British  

noun

  1. a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers

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From the ubiquitous white yarrow to the purple harebell to the wonderfully named yellow blooms of "lady's bedstraw" to the creeping thistle to the tall rosebay willow herb, they color the landscape.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013

Lady in names of flowers such as lady's bedstraw, lady's garter, lady's slipper, is for Our Lady.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Now follows the gorse, and the pink rest-harrow, and the sweet lady’s bedstraw, set as it were in the midst of a little thorn-bush. 

From Pageant of Summer by Jefferies, Richard

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