woodruff

See also: Woodruff

English

Woodruff

Alternative forms

woodroof, woodrove, wuderove (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old English wudurofe, from wudu (“wood”) + rofe, of uncertain meaning and origin.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdɹʌf/

Noun

woodruff (countable and uncountable, plural woodruffs)

Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb.

Synonyms

(herb): waldmeister, sweet woodruff, Asperula odorata

Translations

herb

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: лазаркиня f (lazarkinja)
Catalan: espunyidella d'olor f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 香猪殃殃, 香车叶草
Danish: skovmærke
Dutch: lievevrouwebedstro (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tuoksumatara
French: aspérule (fr) f, reine des bois f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Waldmeister (de) m
Hungarian: szagos müge (hu)
Icelandic: anganmaðra f
Irish: lus molach m
Japanese: クルマバソウ
Old English: wudurofe
Russian: ясме́нник (ru) m (jasménnik)
Spanish: asperilla f
Swedish: myskmadra c
Turkish: orman iplikçiği

References

Galium odoratum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galium odoratum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Galium odoratum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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