stitchwort
any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
Origin of stitchwort
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How to use stitchwort in a sentence
The thorn-trees were all in bloom, and the banks were covered with the white stitchwort and blue speedwell.
The Story of Bawn | Katharine TynanHere is blue speedwell and the delicately pencilled stitchwort with its pure snow-white blossoms and delicate green leaves.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. HoughtonIts name, stitchwort, no doubt alludes to the plant's supposed virtue in cases of "stitches" in the side.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. HoughtonIn Devonshire the flowers of stitchwort are known as Pixies.
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics | Richard FolkardThe stem of the Greater stitchwort is not very strong, and it has always a line of hard, short bristles, running up each side.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for stitchwort
/ (ˈstɪtʃˌwɜːt) /
any of several low-growing N temperate herbaceous plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Stellaria, having small white star-shaped flowers
Origin of stitchwort
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