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 | ||
Synonyms | Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bedstraw | ||
Part holonym | sweet woodruff, waldmeister | ||
Substance meronym | May wine | ||
2. | woodruff (plant) any plant of the genus Asperula | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subshrub, suffrutex | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Asperula tinctoria, dyer's woodruff | ||
Member meronym | Asperula, genus Asperula | ||