Associations to the word «Galium»

Wiktionary

GALIUM, noun. (botany) Any of the genus Galium of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, including the bedstraws.
GALIUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae.
GALIUM ODORATUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae   — sweet woodruff.

Dictionary definition

GALIUM, noun. Annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats