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Definition of starwort in English: starwortnoun ˈstɑːwəːtˈstärwərt Any of a number of plants with starlike flowers or leaves. Stellaria (family Caryophyllaceae), Callitriche (family Callitrichaceae), and other genera: several species, including the greater stitchwort Example sentencesExamples - Young leaves of common starwort are edible, raw or cooked as a potherb.
- The mountain starwort is a small, slender, rather delicate perennial that is usually less than eighteen inches in height.
- When it grows on mud in low-water conditions, the leaves of water starwort are oblong.
- River water-crowfoot, water starworts, water cress and lesser and greater pond sedge.
- Fully aquatic vascular plants, such as starworts, colonize shallow water, and mosses and algae extend into deep water.
Definition of starwort in US English: starwortnounˈstärwərt Any of a number of plants with starlike flowers or leaves. Stellaria (family Caryophyllaceae), Callitriche (family Callitrichaceae), and other genera: several species, including the lesser stitchwort (S. graminea) Example sentencesExamples - Fully aquatic vascular plants, such as starworts, colonize shallow water, and mosses and algae extend into deep water.
- River water-crowfoot, water starworts, water cress and lesser and greater pond sedge.
- The mountain starwort is a small, slender, rather delicate perennial that is usually less than eighteen inches in height.
- Young leaves of common starwort are edible, raw or cooked as a potherb.
- When it grows on mud in low-water conditions, the leaves of water starwort are oblong.
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