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Noun: sweet woodruff
  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
    - waldmeister, woodruff, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata
     
  2. Fragrant dark green leaves used to flavour May wine
    - waldmeister

Derived forms: sweet woodruffs

Type of: bedstraw, herb

Part of: May wine

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