1. any of various plants of the genus Galium, especially those with small white or yellow flowers and whorled leaves
Usage: botanical
2. straw or similar material used as bedding
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The white bedstraw grew wild along the forest path.
• Lady’s bedstraw produces clusters of tiny yellow flowers.
• Farmers once gathered bedstraw from the fields for livestock.
• The botanical guide identified the plant as northern bedstraw.
• In medieval times, people used bedstraw to stuff their mattresses.
• The sticky bedstraw clung to our clothes as we walked through the meadow.