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English noun: sweet woodruff

1. sweet 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, waldmeister, woodruff


Broader (hypernym)bedstraw


Part holonymsweet woodruff, waldmeister


Substance meronymMay wine

2. sweet woodruff (food) fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine


Synonymswaldmeister


Broader (hypernym)herb


Part meronymAsperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff









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