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stitchwort
[ stich-wurt, -wawrt ]
noun
- any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
stitchwort
/ ˈɪʃˌɜː /
noun
- any of several low-growing N temperate herbaceous plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Stellaria, having small white star-shaped flowers
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stitchwort1
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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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