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Noun: woodruff  'wûd,rúf
  1. Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavouring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
    - sweet woodruff, waldmeister, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata
     
  2. Any plant of the genus Asperula

Derived forms: woodruffs

Type of: bedstraw, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: Asperula, genus Asperula, May wine

Encyclopedia: Woodruff, Roy Orchard

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