"woodruff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊdɹʌf/ [UK] Forms: woodruffs [plural]
Etymology: From Old English wudurofe, from wudu (“wood”) + rofe, of uncertain meaning and origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|wudurofe}} Old English wudurofe, {{m|ang|wudu||wood}} wudu (“wood”), {{m|ang|rofe}} rofe Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} woodruff (countable and uncountable, plural woodruffs)
  1. Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Madder family plants Synonyms: woodroof, woodrove, wuderove [obsolete] Synonyms (herb): waldmeister, sweet woodruff, Asperula odorata Translations (herb): лазаркиня (lazarkinja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), espunyidella d'olor [feminine] (Catalan), 香猪殃殃 (Chinese Mandarin), 香车叶草 (Chinese Mandarin), skovmærke (Danish), lievevrouwebedstro [neuter] (Dutch), tuoksumatara (Finnish), aspérule [feminine] (French), reine des bois [feminine] (French), Waldmeister [masculine] (German), szagos müge (Hungarian), anganmaðra [feminine] (Icelandic), lus molach [masculine] (Irish), クルマバソウ (Japanese), wudurofe (Old English), ясме́нник (jasménnik) [masculine] (Russian), asperilla [feminine] (Spanish), myskmadra [common-gender] (Swedish), orman iplikçiği (Turkish)

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