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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side;
[syn: stitchwort, greater stitchwort, starwort, Stellaria holostea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stichwort \Stich"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). [Written also stitchwort.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Stellaria holostea n 1: low-growing north temperate herb having small white star- shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side [syn: stitchwort, greater stitchwort, starwort, Stellaria holostea]