The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A fragrant perennial herb (Galium odoratum) native to Eurasia and North Africa and widely cultivated as a shade ground cover, having small white flowers and narrow leaves used for flavoring wine and in sachets. Also called sweet woodruff.
n. Any of various plants of the genus Asperula, having whorled leaves and small funnel-shaped flowers.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of whorl.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A rubiaceous herb, Asperula odorata, of Europe and Asiatic Russia, more fully named sweet woodruff.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. any plant of the genus Asperula
n. 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
Word Usage
"Its bricks are made from recycled waste, and it has bike parking, bike showers, high-performance windows, and three green roofs planted with golden stonecrop, sweet woodruff, Allegheny foamflower and Solomon's seal."