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Definition of Stitchwort
1. Noun. Low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side.
Definition of Stitchwort
1. n. See Stichwort.
Definition of Stitchwort
1. Noun. A kind of chickweed, ''Stellaria holostea''. ¹
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Definition of Stitchwort
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stitchwort
Literary usage of Stitchwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"Procumbent stitchwort. Willd. n. 13. « Swartz in Stockh. ... Two-flowered stitchwort.
Linn. Sp. PI. 604. Willd. n. 14. « Swartz in Stockh. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Cum*. (5) A tailor. Far. d. (6) To go through stitch; to accomplish completely;
to go thcs whole length. STITCH HACK, ». Strong ale. South. stitchwort, ». ..."
3. Wild flowers by Anne Pratt (1853)
"EEW flowers delight us more by their beauty than this pearly stitchwort, which
blossoms by our waysides and among the primroses of the wood, in the month of ..."
4. The Harp of Erin: A Book of Ballad-poetry and of Native Song edited by Ralph Varian (1869)
"THE stitchwort.* RALPH VARIAN. THROUGH budding hedge and mossy beds, Winning the
ravished sight, Now April weaves her golden threads, And darts her purple ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1884)
"stitchwort. and other nondescript winged things, its petals are merely white : it is
... From some such ancestor as stitchwort, then, the campion group have ..."
6. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Engl. Greater stitchwort. Nat. of Britain. Ft. April—June. H. I/. 4. ...
Alpine stitchwort. Nat. of Scotland. Fl. June. H. ty, 8. ..."
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