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Definition of Indian chickweed
1. Noun. Annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America.
Exact synonyms: Carpetweed, Molluga Verticillata
Group relationships: Genus Molluga, Molluga
Generic synonyms: Weed
Group relationships: Genus Molluga, Molluga
Generic synonyms: Weed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Chickweed
Literary usage of Indian chickweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"indian chickweed.—The carpet-weed ( Mollugo verticillata) . Indian cigar tree.—The
common catalpa (Catalpa catalpa), a name in use in Pennsylvania, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Phænogamous and Vascular Cryptogamous Plants of Worcester by Joseph Jackson (1883)
"Forked Chickweed. dichotoma, Michx. Worcester, Eaton. MOLLUGO, L. indian chickweed.
verticillata, L. Common in cultivated grounds. ..."
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