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English noun: woodruff

1. woodruff (plant) 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 Asperula


SynonymsAsperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister


Broader (hypernym)bedstraw


Part holonymsweet woodruff, waldmeister


Substance meronymMay wine

2. woodruff (plant) any plant of the genus Asperula


Broader (hypernym)subshrub, suffrutex


Narrower (hyponym)Asperula tinctoria, dyer's woodruff


Member meronymAsperula, genus Asperula









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