chick·weed (ch k w d )n. Any of various herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria, especially S. media, a European weed naturalized worldwide. The herb has small white flowers, petals with two deep lobes, and opposite leaves. [So called because it is eaten by chickens.] |
chickweed [ˈtʃɪkˌwiːd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Stellaria, esp S. media, a common garden weed with small white flowers
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
mouse-ear chickweed any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
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| Noun | 1. |  chickweed - any of various plants of the genus Stellariagenus Stellaria, Stellaria - common chickweed; stitchwort common chickweed, Stellaria media - a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens greater stitchwort, starwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side 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. |  chickweed - any of various plants related to the common chickweedCerastium, genus Cerastium - mouse-eared chickweed 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 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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