starwort

1. 1.

   low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side

   Synonymsstitchwortgreater stitchwortStellaria holostea

   Broaderchickweed

Other forms of starwort

plural

starworts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about starwort

What does starwort mean?

starwort means "low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side".

How many syllables are in starwort?

starwort has 2 syllables: star-wort. The stress falls on "star".

What is another word for starwort?

Close synonyms include stitchwort, greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is starwort a common word?

starwort is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.