Noun: woodruff 'wûd,rúf
- Any plant of the genus Asperula
"The sweet scent of woodruff filled the air in the spring forest"
- 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 spread beneath the trees, releasing its hay-like fragrance";
- sweet woodruff, waldmeister, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata
Derived forms: woodruffs
Type of: bedstraw, subshrub, suffrutex
Part of: Asperula, genus Asperula, May wine
Encyclopedia: Woodruff, Robert