greater stitchwort


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Noun1.greater stitchwort - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowersgreater stitchwort - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
starwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort
chickweed - any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
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Putting a piece of grass between your thumbs and blowing to make it whistle, popping the seed heads of Greater Stitchwort, wrapping the stem of plantain around it's own seed head and firing it, making large leaves 'pop' on your cupped hand and looking for the little green bug in the bit of 'cuckoo spit' on various plants.
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Gardeners have also introduced red campion, nettle-leafed bellflowers, greater stitchwort, foxglove and agrimony to the copse.
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On grassy edges there are plants including ox eye daisy, red campion, greater stitchwort and yarrow.
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