chickweed

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Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria
{n} a genus of plants used as food
any of various plants related to the common chickweed
{i} type of plant
The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds
Chickweed is a plant with small leaves and white flowers which grows close to the ground. a garden weed with small white flowers (Because it is eaten by chickens). Either of two species of small-leaved weeds, in the pink family. Common chickweed, or stitchwort (Stellaria media), is native to Europe but widely naturalized. It usually grows to 18 in. (45 cm) but is a low-growing and spreading annual weed in mowed lawns. Mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum), also from Europe, is a usually shorter, mat-forming, spreading perennial with many upright stems. It grows in lawns, pastures, and cultivated fields throughout temperate regions. Both species have inconspicuous but delicate white, star-shaped flowers
any of various plants of the genus Stellaria

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low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
common chickweed
The herb Stellaria media
common chickweed
a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
field chickweed
densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
mouse-ear chickweed
any of various plants related to the common chickweed
sea chickweed
A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane
water chickweed
A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions
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