Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n. 1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon. 2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. {Our Lady's bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium verum}. {White bedstraw} is {G. mollugo}.
Our Lady's bedstraw n : common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow bedstraw}, {yellow cleavers}, {Galium verum}]