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Webster 1913 Edition

(stär′wûrtˊ)

Noun.

(Bot.)

(a)

Any plant of the genus

Aster

. See

(b)

A small plant of the genus

Stellaria

, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.

Gray.

Water starwort

an aquatic plant (

Callitriche verna

) having some resemblance to chickweed.

–

Yellow starwort

a plant of the genus

Inula

; elecampane.

starwort ‎(plural starworts)

Any of several unrelated plants that have a star-shaped flowers or leaves, but especially members of the genus Stellaria.