bedstraw

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bed=straw

CIDE DICTIONARY

bedstraw, n. 

•  Straw put into a bed.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
•  A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.  [1913 Webster]

Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is Galium mollugo.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bedstraw, n.
1 any herbaceous plant of the genus Galium, once used as straw for bedding.
2 (in full Our Lady's bedstraw) a bedstraw, G. verum, with yellow flowers.