noun
Meaning 1
A kind of chickweed, Rabelera holostea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stitchwort
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noun
Meaning 2
low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: greater stitchwort, starwort, Stellaria holostea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chickweed
History
Etymology
From stitch + wort, as once believed to cure the type of pain called a stitch.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: izar-belar arrunta — Stellaria holostea
- Bulgarian: звездица (zvezdica) — Stellaria holostea
- Bulgarian: птича трева (ptiča treva) — Stellaria holostea
- Catalan: rèvola — Stellaria holostea
- Catalan: rèvola vera — Stellaria holostea
- Czech: ptačinec velkokvětý — Stellaria holostea
- Danish: stor fladstjerne — Stellaria holostea
- Dutch: grote muur — Stellaria holostea
- Estonian: mets-tähthein — Stellaria holostea
- Finnish: kevättähtimö — Stellaria holostea
- French: stellaire holostée — Stellaria holostea
- Galician: muruxa — Stellaria holostea
- Galician: herba paxareira — Stellaria holostea
- German: Hühnerdarm — Stellaria holostea
- German: große Sternmiere — Stellaria holostea
- Hungarian: olocsáncsillaghúr — Stellaria holostea
- Irish: tursarraing mhór — Stellaria holostea
- Manx: lhieen ny ferrishyn — Stellaria holostea
- Norwegian: lundstjerneblom — Stellaria holostea
- Polish: wiazdnica wielkokwiatowa — Stellaria holostea
- Scottish Gaelic: tursarain-mhòr — Stellaria holostea
- Scottish Gaelic: tùirseach-mhòr — Stellaria holostea
- Serbo-Croatian: мишја̀киња — Stellaria holostea
- Serbo-Croatian: mišjàkinja — Stellaria holostea
- Spanish: estrellada — Stellaria holostea
- Swedish: buskstjärnblomma — Stellaria holostea
- Welsh: serenllys mawr — Stellaria holostea