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stitchwort

[ stich-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

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


stitchwort

/ ˈɪʃˌɜː /

noun

  1. any of several low-growing N temperate herbaceous plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Stellaria, having small white star-shaped flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stitchwort1

1225–75; Middle English stichewort, Old English sticwyrt agrimony. See stitch, wort 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stitchwort1

C13: so named because it was once thought to be a remedy for stitches in the side
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Yes, we were walking through stitchwort, wild garlic, campion, blue bells and buttercups.

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The hedgerows had burst into tender green, and the banks were spangled with stitchwort and celandine stars.

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Nor could that word of Tennyson be properly used of any pure white flower—the stitchwort for instance; nor of any white and yellow flower like the Marguerite.

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“Yes, it is a couple of months, say, later than the great stitchwort.”

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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.

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