STELLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stellaria mean? 

• STELLARIA (noun)
  The noun STELLARIA has 1 sense:

1. common chickweed; stitchwort

  Familiarity information: STELLARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STELLARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common chickweed; stitchwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Stellaria; Stellaria

Hypernyms ("Stellaria" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Stellaria"):

chickweed (any of various plants of the genus Stellaria)

Holonyms ("Stellaria" is a member of...):

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

 Context examples 

A tincture made from the dried parts of Stellaria media, a widespread annual plant.

(Chickweed Tincture, NCI Thesaurus)