stitchwort

[ stich-wurt, -wawrt ]

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

Origin of stitchwort

1
1225–75; Middle English stichewort,Old English sticwyrt agrimony. See stitch, wort2

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stitchwort

/ (ˈstɪtʃˌwɜːt) /


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

Origin of stitchwort

1
C13: so named because it was once thought to be a remedy for stitches in the side

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