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stitchwort

/stich-wurt, -wawrt/US // ˈstɪtʃˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt //UK // (ˈstɪtʃˌwɜːt) //

缝合剂,缝衣草,缝合线,缝合草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.

Examples

  • The thorn-trees were all in bloom, and the banks were covered with the white stitchwort and blue speedwell.

  • Here is blue speedwell and the delicately pencilled stitchwort with its pure snow-white blossoms and delicate green leaves.

  • Its name, stitchwort, no doubt alludes to the plant's supposed virtue in cases of "stitches" in the side.

  • In Devonshire the flowers of Stitchwort are known as Pixies.

  • The stem of the Greater Stitchwort is not very strong, and it has always a line of hard, short bristles, running up each side.