stitchwort

American  

[stich-wurt, -wawrt] / ˈstɪtʃˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.

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stitchwort British  

/ ˈstɪtʃˌwɜːt /

noun

1. any of several low-growing N temperate herbaceous plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Stellaria, having small white star-shaped flowers

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Etymology

Origin of stitchwort

1225–75; Middle English stichewort, Old English sticwyrt agrimony. See stitch, wort ²

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Example Sentences

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stitchwort

Later on in the season you will find myriads of its smaller relative, the lesser stitchwort.

From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn

Its name, stitchwort, no doubt alludes to the plant's supposed virtue in cases of "stitches" in the side.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by W. (William) Houghton

Coming out from the stitchwort and grasses, the spiders often ran over his shining dark brown surface, something the colour of glazed earthenware.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies

"And my mother told me it was stitchwort."

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Angela Brazil

They started, but presently they came to high banks that showed such masses of bluebells, ragged Robin, great stitchwort and the like that Belinda was not to be restrained.

From Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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