starwort

/stahr-wurt, -wawrt/US // ˈstɑrˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt //UK // (ˈstɑːˌwɜːt) //

星云草,星辰草,星形草,星辰大海

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several chickweeds of the genus Stellaria.
- : any of several plants of the genera Aster and Arenaria.

The lovely green of the starwort, spread over the whole of the surface of the water, has a fairy-like effect.
They hide under stones at the bottom of the water and among the weeds, especially among watercress and starwort.
Starwort I have already spoken of, as a good purveyor of oxygen.
A blossom of water-starwort floated on the pond some fifteen yards away.
This Starwort is a very recently-imported species from North America.