Defn: A sweetheart or mistress.
LADY'S BEDSTRAW
La"dy's bed"straw`, (Bot.)
Defn: The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East
Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.
LADY'S BOWER
La"dy's bow"er. (Bot.)
Defn: A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).
Note: This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus.
LADY'S CLOTH
La"dy's cloth`
Defn: A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.
LADY'S COMB
La"dy's comb", (Bot.)
Defn: An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.