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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



... of lemon juice, will make an agreeable substitute for common tea. Various other vegetables might also be employed for this purpose; such as sage, balm, peppermint, and similar spicy plants; the flowers of the sweet woodroof, those of the burnet, or pimpernel rose; the leaves of peach and almond trees, the young and tender leaves of bilberry, and common raspberry; and the blossoms of the blackthorn, or sloe tree. Most of these when carefully gathered and ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

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

... Portland. The joint committee by 8 to 2 reported "ought to pass." The hearing before the Judiciary Committee was called one of the best ever held. Lewis A. Burleigh of Augusta, editor of the Kennebec Journal, and Professor Frank E. Woodruff of Bowdoin College made the principal speeches. Telegrams were read from U. S. Senator Fernald and Representatives Ira G. Hersey, John A. Peters and Wallace H. White, Jr., urging the passage of the bill. The ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various



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