stitch·wort (st ch wûrt , -wôrt)n. Any of several low-growing plants of the genus Stellaria, having opposite leaves and small, white, star-shaped flowers. [Middle English, from Old English sticwyrt, agrimony : stice, stich (from its alleged ability to cure sharp pains in the side); see stitch + wyrt, plant; see wort1.] |
stitchwort [ˈstɪtʃˌwɜːt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several low-growing N temperate herbaceous plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Stellaria, having small white star-shaped flowers
[so named because it was once thought to be a remedy for stitches in the side]
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| Noun | 1. |  stitchwort - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the sidechickweed - any of various plants of the genus Stellaria |
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