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Definition of Bedder
1. Noun. An ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed.
Definition of Bedder
1. Noun. Agent noun of bed; one who beds. ¹
2. Noun. (British) A bedmaker; a maid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedder
1. one that makes up beds [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedder
Literary usage of Bedder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Amateur Gardencraft: A Book for the Home-maker and Garden Lover by Eben Eugene Rexford (1912)
"... THE ROSE AS A SUMMER bedder HE amateur gardener may enjoy Roses from June to
November if he is willing to take a little trouble for them. ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1877)
"... purplish plum colour, is a fine bedder ; and one of the most effective of
Lobelias for edging large beds or for a second line in small beds is Glow-worm ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1872)
"Bright purplish rose; large flowers in immense trusses; very free-flowering; fine
compact strong habit; the best bedder of its colour and class. ..."
4. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"General Butler, White with scarlet crimson band, good bedder and very effective.
George Peabody, Bright crimson, dark band, clear white eye; extra fine. ..."
5. Gardening (1905)
"We still use the Golden bedder coleus. It is hard to beat as a good all round
... The winding scroll is of Coleus Verschaffeltii with Golden bedder as ..."
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