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Bedstraw vs Crosswort - What's the difference?

bedstraw | crosswort |

As nouns the difference between bedstraw and crosswort

is that bedstraw is any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers while crosswort is species: Crucianella stylosa, an ornamental plant.

bedstraw

English

Noun

  • any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
  • (obsolete) straw put into a bed
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Derived terms

    * Our Lady's bedstraw * white bedstraw

    crosswort

    English

    (wikipedia crosswort)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , an ornamental plant.
  • , the smooth bedstraw.
  • , a herbaceous plant of North America.