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stitchwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stitchwort has 1 sense
- stitchwort(n = noun.plant) greater stitchwort, starwort, stellaria holostea - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side; Array is a kind of chickweed
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stitchwort, n. any plant of the genus Stellaria, esp. S. media with an erect stem and white starry flowers, once thought to cure a stitch in the side.
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