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Stellaria media
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishchykwed,chykewode,chike wed,chikewed,chekwede, a variant ofchykynwede,chekyn-wede,cheken-wede(literally“chicken-weed”), equivalent tochick +‎weed.

Noun

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chickweed (usuallyuncountable,pluralchickweeds)

  1. Any of several small-leavedherbs of the generaCerastium andStellaria.
    1. especiallycommon chickweed (Stellaria media), a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
      • 1993, John Banville,Ghosts:
        I look at the little sprigs ofchickweed trembling among the bean shoots and I am strangely moved. Such steadfastness! Such yearning! They want to live too. That is all they ask: to have their little moment in the world.
    2. Stellaria pro parte
    3. Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed)
  2. Other plants of similar appearance andhabit, including those of species:
    1. Ageratum conyzoides
    2. Holosteum (jagged chickweed)
    3. Moenchia (upright chickweed)
    4. Paronychia spp.

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