woodruff

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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
noun any plant of the genus Asperula

From Old English wudurofe, from wudu (“wood”) + rofe, of uncertain meaning and origin.

(An infusion of woodruff in light White wine.) — The Martian: A Novel, George Du Maurier
ATLANTA--At St. Paul, from St. Louis, Captain Woodruff, 1857; again 1858. — Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863, George Byron Merrick
The plan was, of course, to marry you off to Hermione Woodruff." — The Real Adventure, Henry Kitchell Webster

sweet woodruff, waldmeister, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata

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