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Noun: chickweed  'chik,weed
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
    "Chickweed spread rapidly across the untended lawn"
     
  2. Any of various plants related to the common chickweed
    "The mouse-ear chickweed formed a low mat of fuzzy leaves in the garden"; "The clammy chickweed formed a low mat of fuzzy leaves in the garden";
    - mouse-ear chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse ear, clammy chickweed

Derived forms: chickweeds

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Cerastium, genus Cerastium, genus Stellaria, Stellaria

Encyclopedia: Chickweed