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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fragrant perennial herb (Galium odoratum) native to Eurasia and widely cultivated as a ground cover, having small white flowers and narrow leaves used for flavoring wine and in sachets.
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- noun An aromatic
perennial plant , used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum orAsperula odorata , with small white flowers.
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- noun fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine
- 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
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