creeping Charlie


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creeping Char·lie

 (chär′lē)
n.
See ground ivy.
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Noun1.creeping Charlie - a loosestrife vinecreeping Charlie - a loosestrife vine      
creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia, moneywort
loosestrife - any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia
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This stuff can slay the hardiest weeds, the ones with small leaves such as clover and creeping Charlie. It works best in the spring and fall, when temps are no higher than 80 degrees F.
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The Creeping Charlie we planted several years ago as a perennial has definitely taken on some of the characteristics of a weed.
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