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Definition of Chickweed
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria.
Specialized synonyms: Common Chickweed, Stellaria Media, Greater Stitchwort, Starwort, Stellaria Holostea, Stitchwort
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
2. Noun. Any of various plants related to the common chickweed.
Group relationships: Cerastium, Genus Cerastium
Specialized synonyms: Cerastium Arvense, Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Cerastium Tomentosum, Love-in-a-mist, Snow-in-summer, Alpine Mouse-ear, Arctic Mouse-ear, Cerastium Alpinum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Chickweed
1. n. The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.
Definition of Chickweed
1. Noun. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera ''Cerastium'' and ''Stellaria'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chickweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chickweed
Literary usage of Chickweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-zone Indicators in California by Harvey Monroe Hall, Marcos Sastre, William Hamilton Gibson, Joseph Grinnell (1919)
"I recall a beautiful episode from one of my winter walks long ago, in which the
lowly chickweed won my gratitude. I was skirting the borders of a swamp ..."
2. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"S we were one day in the spring walking along a field path we • saw great portions
of the arable land in full possession of this little plant, the chickweed ..."
3. An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope: Including a Description of the by John William Griffith (1864)
"Petal of chickweed. 26. Sepal of chickweed. 28. Epidermis of Deutzia. 27. ...
Epidermis of petal of chickweed. 34. Hairs of calyx of chickweed. 35. ..."
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