sweet woodruff

English

Noun

sweet woodruff (uncountable)

An aromatic perennial plant, used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

Synonyms

(herb): sweetscented bedstraw, waldmeister, woodruff, wuderove

Translations

Asperula odorata

Chinese:
Mandarin: 香豬殃殃, 香猪殃殃 (xiāngzhūyāngyāng)
Danish: skovmærke c
Dutch: lievevrouwebedstro (nl) n
Esperanto: asperulo
Finnish: tuoksumatara
French: gaillet odorant (fr) m, reine des bois f, aspérule odorante (fr) f
German: Waldmeister (de) m
Hungarian: szagos müge
Italian: asperula f, stellina odorosa f, caglio odoroso m, asperula odorata f

Japanese: クルマバソウ
Polish: przytulia wonna f, marzanka wonna f
Portuguese: aspérula f
Romanian: vinariță (ro) f, sânziene-de-pădure f pl, mama-pădurii (ro) f
Russian: ясменник (ru) m (jasmennik)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: wonjaty sydrik
Spanish: hepática estrellada f
Swedish: myskmadra

Further reading

Galium odoratum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galium odoratum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Galium odoratum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
sweet woodruff at USDA Plants database

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