galileo
- n Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)
galileo galilei
- n Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)
galingale
- n European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
galium aparine
- n annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
galium boreale
- n North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
galium mollugo
- n Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
galium odoratum
- n Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula