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GREATER STITCHWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greater stitchwort mean?
• GREATER STITCHWORT (noun)
The noun GREATER STITCHWORT has 1 sense:
1. low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
Familiarity information: GREATER STITCHWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
greater stitchwort; starwort; Stellaria holostea; stitchwort
Hypernyms ("greater stitchwort" is a kind of...):
chickweed (any of various plants of the genus Stellaria)
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