Definition of Galium boreale

1. Noun. North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental.

Exact synonyms: Northern Bedstraw, Northern Snow Bedstraw
Generic synonyms: Bedstraw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galium Boreale

Galilean
Galilean moon
Galilean moons
Galilean satellite
Galilean satellites
Galilean telescope
Galileans
Galilee
Galileo
Galileo Galilei
Galina
Galina Sergeevna Ulanova
Galina Ulanova
Galium
Galium aparine
Galium boreale (current term)
Galium lanceolatum
Galium mollugo
Galium odoratum
Galium verum
Galiza
Galizan
Gall's craniology
Gallant Fox
Gallaudet
Gallavardin
Gallavardin's phenomenon
Gallegan
Gallegans
Gallego's differentiating solution

Literary usage of Galium boreale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Until more is known of variants, it is proposed to designate them by a brief and applicable trinomial term, eg, Galium boreale exiguum. ..."

2. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania by University of Pennsylvania Botanical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory (1907)
"Galium boreale L. Banff; Field. Galium boreale var. linearifolium Rydb Emerald Lake, Shaw. Galium trifidum L. From Kicking Horse Lake to the summit of the ..."

3. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"... Arbutus uva-ursi, Vaccinium vitis-Idaea, Polygonum viviparum, and Galium boreale, are principally confined to a few spots, but there they are abundant. ..."

4. The Natural History of Dee Side and Braemar by William MacGillivray, Edwin Lankester (1855)
"On the pebbly beaches Galium boreale is frequently met with. ... Galium boreale, Alisma Plantago, Polygonum Bistorta, ..."

5. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1794)
"Galium boreale. Linn. Sp. PL 156. Hudf. Fl An. 70. Witb. Bot. Arr. 156. Mollugo montana crecía quadrifolia. Ran Syn. 224. X HE Galium before us is one of ..."

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