How to Explain Waldmeister?

Waldmeister - literally 'Forest Master' is well-known in German-speaking lands because kids love the Waldmeister Wackelpeter with vanilla sauce, which translates into Sweet Woodruff (Lat.: Galium odoratum) Jelly - not quite so fun for kids and hence not as well beloved - also called Green Jello.

How would you describe Waldmeister?

Known by its German colloquial name as Waldmeister (master of the forest), this plant with its distinctive white flowers and crowns of leaves around the stem grows in deciduous forests throughout Germany and can be gathered wild in spring and early summer. The leaves and stems can be used to flavour drinks and sweets.

What is Waldmeister mean in English?

• Waldmeister. → sweet woodruffhay-plantstar-grass.