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chickweed

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: chickweed

1
 n
any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
2
 n
any of various plants related to the common chickweed
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: chickweed
1

n any of various plants of the genus Stellaria

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

n any of various plants related to the common chickweed

Synonyms:
clammy chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed
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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