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Starwort   Listen
noun
Starwort  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster.
(b)
A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.
Water starwort, an aquatic plant (Callitriche verna) having some resemblance to chickweed.
Yellow starwort, a plant of the genus Inula; elecampane.





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"Starwort" Quotes from Famous Books



... passing starwort's silvery gems, By maple's warm fawn-tinted stems, Caprices that gnarled the oak and thorn, A sudden scream of rageful scorn Startles us from the hedgerow nigh; Whence two disturbed fierce blackbirds fly Uttering threats of ...
— My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale • Thomas Woolner
... False Unicorn Root. Drooping Starwort. Blazing Star. Helonias Divica. Somewhat similar to ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... Unicorn Root. Drooping Starwort. Blazing Star. Helonias Divica. Somewhat similar ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... York, and Minnesota southward to the Gulf of Mexico one may expect to find the New England Aster or Starwort (A. novae-angliae), one of the most striking and widely distributed of the tribe, in spite of its local name. It is not unknown in Canada. The branching clusters of violet or magenta-purple flower-heads, from one to two inches ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al


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