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Definition of Stellaria
1. Noun. Common chickweed; stitchwort.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Carnation Family, Caryophyllaceae, Family Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family
Member holonyms: Chickweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stellaria
Literary usage of Stellaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"stellaria nemorum. Linn. Sp. PI. ... from our stellaria by ... stellaria nemorum
thrives very well in ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"PLANTS CALLED stellaria " The Inguinalis of Dioscorides, so far as I know, I have
never seen; but I have seen various little blossoms and plants, ..."
3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1900)
"ALLIES OF stellaria MEDIA (L.) Cyrillo. By THEO. HO>LM. ... But stellaria media
appears always to be the same, a single species with no characteristic forms ..."
4. The United States: A Graphic History by Louis Morton Hacker, Rudolf Modley, George Rogers Taylor (1891)
"stellaria media (chickweed) is among the most persistent of summer weeds in
cultivated vineyards and orchards; while in the spring Spergula arvensis ..."
5. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"stellaria crassifolia Ehrh. Hannov. Mag. 8: 116 (1784). 1634. ... stellaria Edwardsii
R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. cclxxi. (1824). 1640. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"stellaria Media. stellaria media. Chickweed. N. 0. Caryophyllaceae. Tincture of
whole fresh plant in bloom. Clinical.—Gout. Liver, inflammation of. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"stellaria Media. stellaria media. Chickweed. N. 0. Caryophyllaceae. Tincture of
whole fresh plant in bloom. Clinical.—Gout. Liver, inflammation of. ..."
8. Wild flowers by Anne Pratt (1853)
"... a star, all the eight species having white flowers of starry form.
The Chickweed (stellaria media), which is given to caged birds, and the young buds ..."
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