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Definitions for Woodruff
[1] any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) , a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
[2] Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
[3] any of several rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium , esp G. odoratum (sweet woodruff ), of Eurasia, which has small sweet-scented white flowers and whorls of narrow fragrant leaves used to flavour wine and liqueurs and in perfumery
Words nearby Woodruff
woodpecker, woodpile, woodprint, woodridge, woodrow, woodruff, woodruff key, woodrush, woods, woods colt, woods, tiger
Origin of Woodruff
before 1000; Middle English woderove, Old English wudurofe, wudurife, equivalent to wudu wood1 + -rofe, -rife, element of uncertain meaning; compare German Rübe carrot
Word origin for Woodruff
Old English wudurofe, from wood 1 + rōfe, related to Old High German ruoba, Middle Low German rōve (beet)root, Latin rēpere to creep