CHICKWEED

chickweed

(noun) any of various plants of the genus Stellaria

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

chickweed (usually uncountable, plural chickweeds)

Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.

especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.

Stellaria pro parte - chickweed

Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed

Other plants of similar appearance and habit

Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed

Holosteum - jagged chickweed

Moenchia - upright chickweed

Paronychia - chickweed

Source: Wiktionary

Chick"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The name of several caryophyllaseous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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