asperula odorata

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   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

   Synonymssweet woodruffwaldmeisterwoodrufffragrant bedstrawGalium odoratum

   Broaderbedstraw

   Partssweet woodruff

Questions about asperula odorata

What does asperula odorata mean?

asperula odorata means "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".

What is another word for asperula odorata?

Close synonyms include sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asperula odorata a common word?

asperula odorata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.