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Made of straw. Shak.

STRAW-CUTTER
An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
STRAWED
imp. & p. p. of Straw.
STRAW
To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. Chaucer.
STRAWBOARD
Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
STRAW-COLORED
Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
STRAWWORM
A caddice worm.
STRAWY
Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.
STRAWBERRY
A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the
JACKSTRAW
1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. Milton. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together
OVERSTRAW
To overstrew. Shak.
WINDLESTRAE; WINDLESTRAW
A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. Shelley.
BEDSTRAW
A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo. (more info) 1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon.
LADY'S BEDSTRAW
The common bedstraw ; also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub , with white flowers in umbels.