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Named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
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stitchwort
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side [syn: greater stitchwort , starwort , Stellaria holostea ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Stitchwort is the common name of several plants of the following genera: Minuartia Stellaria
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stichwort \Stich"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of chickweed ( Stellaria Holostea ). [Written also stitchwort .]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A kind of chickweed, ''Stellaria holostea''.
Usage examples of stitchwort.
In the gaps left behind, nettles and stitchwort and sanicle would grow--but mostly Himalayan balsam, in long pink ribbons edging the river.
The spring advances rapidly, multitudes of primroses, dog-violets, periwinkles, stitchwort.
If any one had gone round the fields on old May-day, the 13th, _his_ May-day, they might have found the deep blue bird's-eye veronica, anemones, star-like stitchworts, cowslips, buttercups, lesser celandine, daisies, white blackthorn, and gorse in bloom--in short, a list enough to make a page bright with colour, though the wind might be bitter.
Even the common names of wildflowers - stitchwort, lady's bedstraw, blue fleabane, feverfew -have an inescapable enchantment about them.
Garlands of rose, stitchwort, sorrel, violet, and anemone decked the inner table borders.