Starwort

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(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster. Water starwort an aquatic plant (Callitriche verna) having some resemblance to chickweed. Yellow starwort a plant of the genus Inula; elecampane.

Noun

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starwort - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side Synonyms: greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort

chickweed, greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort