chickweed.
Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
Meaning & usage
Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria. especially common chickweed (Stellaria media), a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria. Stellaria pro parte
Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria. Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed)
Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species: Ageratum conyzoides
Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species: Holosteum (jagged chickweed)
Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species: Moenchia (upright chickweed)
Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species: Paronychia spp. (nailwort, whitlow-wort)
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chykwed, chykewode, chike wed, chikewed, chekwede, a variant of chykynwede, chekyn-wede, cheken-wede (literally “chicken-weed”), equivalent to chick + weed. Etymonline claims the name was apparently applied to many plants fit for chicken feed, which were called in Old English cicene mete (“chicken food”).
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