stitchwort(n = noun.plant) greater stitchwort, starwort, stellaria holostea - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side;
is a kind of chickweed
See Stichwort. [1913 Webster]
stitchwort, n. any plant of the genus Stellaria, esp. S. media with an erect stem and white starry flowers, once thought to cure a stitch in the side.