common chickweed

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Noun1.common chickweed - a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowerscommon chickweed - a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
Stellaria media
chickweed - any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
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Common chickweed (Stellaria media) is a mild green perfectly suited for salads, and that's how we use it in our kitchen.
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Tt's important to establish that there are two varieties of chickweed, the wonderfully named mouse-ear chickweed and the common chickweed. The best way to completely remove chickweed from your garden is to pull it all out, including the mouse-ear roots.
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In 2008, nylon bags containing yellow nutsedge tubers and weed seeds (common chickweed, prostrate knotweed, little mallow and common purslane) were buried in each plot before the fumigant application, at a depth of 6 inches.
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