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

Example Sentences

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stitchwort

Here is blue speedwell and the delicately pencilled stitchwort with its pure snow-white blossoms and delicate green leaves.

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

The thorn-trees were all in bloom, and the banks were covered with the white stitchwort and blue speedwell.

From The Story of Bawn by Tynan, Katharine

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 Houghton, W. (William)

Turning his horse he commenced searching for the flower amid that sea of grass, and the yellow blossoms of cinquefoil, and stitchwort, and water-lilies.

From The Yellow Rose by J?kai, M?r

The sky was blue, the hedges were budding with pure light-green above, and resplendent with rosy campion and white spangles of stitchwort below.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary