Any of a number of plants with starlike flowers or leaves.
繁缕属植物；水马齿属植物
Stellaria (family Caryophyllaceae), Callitriche (family Callitrichaceae), and other genera: several species, including the greater stitchwort
Example sentencesExamples
Young leaves of common starwort are edible, raw or cooked as a potherb.
The mountain starwort is a small, slender, rather delicate perennial that is usually less than eighteen inches in height.
When it grows on mud in low-water conditions, the leaves of water starwort are oblong.
River water-crowfoot, water starworts, water cress and lesser and greater pond sedge.
Fully aquatic vascular plants, such as starworts, colonize shallow water, and mosses and algae extend into deep water.
Definition of starwort in US English:
starwort
nounˈstärwərt
Any of a number of plants with starlike flowers or leaves.
繁缕属植物；水马齿属植物
Stellaria (family Caryophyllaceae), Callitriche (family Callitrichaceae), and other genera: several species, including the lesser stitchwort (S. graminea)
Example sentencesExamples
Fully aquatic vascular plants, such as starworts, colonize shallow water, and mosses and algae extend into deep water.
River water-crowfoot, water starworts, water cress and lesser and greater pond sedge.
The mountain starwort is a small, slender, rather delicate perennial that is usually less than eighteen inches in height.
Young leaves of common starwort are edible, raw or cooked as a potherb.
When it grows on mud in low-water conditions, the leaves of water starwort are oblong.