bedstraw

/bed-straw/US // ˈbɛdˌstrɔ //UK // (ˈbɛdˌstrɔː) //

贝斯特韦尔,稻草人,稻草,贝斯特拉

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, or some allied species, formerly used as straw for stuffing mattresses.

Here a few grass-blades, there a tiny plant of Sandwort, possibly a Rock Bedstraw, begin to root themselves in the moss.
Three of the four belong to the Bedstraw genus (Galium), in which the corolla is wheel-shaped.
It feeds on vine (Vitis vinifera) and yellow bedstraw (Galium verum); also on fuchsia and virginia-creeper (Ampelopsis).
Its greenish eggs are laid on bedstraw, and in July and August the caterpillars may be found on the same kind of plant.
It feeds, at night, in August and September, on bedstraw growing in dry places.