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Woodroof   Listen
noun
Woodroof, Woodruff  n.  (Bot.) A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Woodroof" Quotes from Famous Books



... French strophic forms in the southern dialect, and sometimes have an intermixture of French and Latin lines. They are musical, fresh, simple, and many of them very pretty. They celebrate the gladness of spring with its cuckoos and throstle-cocks, its daisies and woodruff. ...
— Brief History of English and American Literature • Henry A. Beers

... to desk). O yes! (rummages). This desk is disgraceful! Here it is! (Reads crumpled paper.) "Be it resolved—" goodness, that's about poor Ned Woodruff! Jack, ...
— The Sweet Girl Graduates • Rea Woodman



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