wild madder

noun

1

: madder sense 1

2

: either of two bedstraws:

a

: a European herb (Galium mollugo) that has ample panicles of small white flowers and is naturalized in North America

called also infant's-breath, white bedstraw

b

: an American herb (Galium tinctorium) with terminal flowers in clusters of two or three

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