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stitchwort|ˈstɪtʃwɜːt|
[f. stitch n.1 + wort (see quot. 1657).]
A name for Stellaria Holostea. Also a book-name for the genus.
c1265Voc. Plants in Wr.-Wülcker 557/30 Ualeriane, stichwurt. a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon) 27 Lingua avis, i. stichewort i. pigle. a1500MS. Bodl. 536 lf. 33 Pygla maior i. pygyll or steche wort. 1516Gt. Herbal lxiii. (1529) D v b, De lingua anseris. Goos byll, or stychewort. 1597Gerarde Herbal i. xxxii. 42 Stitchwoort. 1657Coles Adam in Eden cxlvi, It is called in English Stitch-wort, for its property in helping Stitches and pains in the sides. 1726C. Threlkeld Syn. Stirp. Hibern., Holosteum vernum,..The greater Stichwort. 1770Berkenhout Nat. Hist. II. 44 Sagina Erecta. Least Stichwort. 1861S. Thomson Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 187 The stellarias, or stitchworts. 1876‘Annie Thomas’ Blotted out xxix. 263 The great pure white, starlike blossoms of the stitchwort. |