woodruff

/ˌwʊdˈrʌf/

Other forms: woodruffs

Definitions of woodruff

1. noun

   any plant of the genus Asperula
   types:

   Asperula tinctoria, dyer's woodruff

   creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
2. noun

   Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
   synonyms: Asperula odorata, Galium odoratum, fragrant bedstraw, sweet woodruff, waldmeister

   type of:

   bedstraw

   any of several plants of the genus Galium