chickweed

/ˈtʃɪkˌwid/
/ˈtʃɪkwid/
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Other forms: chickweeds

Definitions of chickweed
  1. noun
    any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
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    types:
    Stellaria media, common chickweed
    a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
    Stellaria holostea, greater stitchwort, starwort, stitchwort
    low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
    type of:
    herb, herbaceous plant
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  2. noun
    any of various plants related to the common chickweed
    synonyms: clammy chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed
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    types:
    Cerastium arvense, field chickweed, field mouse-ear
    densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
    Cerastium tomentosum, love-in-a-mist, snow-in-summer
    chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
    Alpine mouse-ear, Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum
    widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
    type of:
    herb, herbaceous plant
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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