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 |
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| Synonyms | Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, waldmeister, woodruff |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bedstraw |
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| Part holonym | sweet woodruff, waldmeister |
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| Substance meronym | May wine |
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2. | sweet woodruff (food) fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine |
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| Synonyms | waldmeister |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb |
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| Part meronym | Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff |
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