Definitions of chickweed
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any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
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types:
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Stellaria media, common chickweed
a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
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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
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type of:
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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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Stellaria media, common chickweed
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any of various plants related to the common chickweed
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types:
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Cerastium arvense, field chickweed, field mouse-ear
densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
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Cerastium tomentosum, love-in-a-mist, snow-in-summer
chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
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Alpine mouse-ear, Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum
widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
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type of:
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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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Cerastium arvense, field chickweed, field mouse-ear
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