stitch·wort (stĭch
wûrt
, -wôrt
)
n.Any of several low-growing plants of the genus
Stellaria, having opposite leaves and small, white, star-shaped flowers.
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stitchwort [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.]
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