dyer's woodruff

Definitions of dyer's woodruff
  1. noun
    creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
    synonyms: Asperula tinctoria
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    type of:
    woodruff
    any plant of the genus Asperula
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