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    GALIUM ODORATUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 Asperulaplay

    Synonyms:

    Asperula odorata; fragrant bedstraw; Galium odoratum; sweet woodruff; waldmeister; woodruff

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Galium odoratum" is a kind of...):

    bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)

    Meronyms (parts of "Galium odoratum"):

    sweet woodruff; waldmeister (fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine)

    Holonyms ("Galium odoratum" is a substance of...):

    May wine (a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff)

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