stitchwort

[ stich-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

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

stitchwort

/ ˈstɪtʃˌwɜːt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stitchwort¹

1225–75; Middle English stichewort, Old English sticwyrt agrimony. See stitch, wort ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of stitchwort¹

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

Example Sentences

Yes, we were walking through stitchwort, wild garlic, campion, blue bells and buttercups.

From The Guardian

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.”

From Project Gutenberg

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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