common chickweed

noun

An herb of species Stellaria media.

Similar
chicken's-meatStellaria media
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Meanings

nouncommon chickweed (countable and uncountable, plural common chickweeds)

plural common chickweeds

  1. countableuncountableAn herb of species Stellaria media.

    Synonyms: chicken's-meat

  2. Any of several plants resembling Stellaria media, of species:
    1. countableuncountableAgeratum conyzoides (billygoat weed)
    2. countableuncountableCerastium (mouse-ear chickweed)
    3. countableuncountableHolosteum (jagged chickweed)
    4. countableuncountableMoenchia (upright chickweed)
    5. countableuncountableParonychia
    6. countableuncountableOther species in Stellaria

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn herb of species Stellaria media.

Similar
chicken's-meat

More synonyms by meaning

nouna common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens

Similar
Stellaria media
Broader
chickweed
Also see
chicken's-meatwinterweed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan morró
  • morróherb Stellaria media
Chinese Mandarin 繁縷 /繁缕
  • 繁縷 /繁缕 (fánlǚ)herb Stellaria media
Czech žabinec, ptačinec žabinec
  • žabinecherb Stellaria media
  • ptačinec žabinecherb Stellaria media
Danish almindelig fuglegræs
  • almindelig fuglegræsherb Stellaria media
Dutch vogelmuur, zandhoornbloem
  • vogelmuurherb Stellaria media
  • zandhoornbloemherb Stellaria media
Finnish pihatähtimö, vesiheinä
  • pihatähtimöherb Stellaria media
  • vesiheinäherb Stellaria media
French morgeline, mouron des oiseaux
  • morgelineherb Stellaria media
  • mouron des oiseauxherb Stellaria media
German Vogelmiere, mittlere Sternmiere
  • Vogelmiereherb Stellaria media
  • mittlere Sternmiereherb Stellaria media
Italian centocchio comune
  • centocchio comuneherb Stellaria media
Japanese 小繁縷
  • 小繁縷 (kohakobe)herb Stellaria media
Lithuanian daržinė žliūgė
  • daržinė žliūgėherb Stellaria media
Norwegian vassarve
  • vassarveherb Stellaria media
Polish gwiazdnica pospolita
  • gwiazdnica pospolitaherb Stellaria media
Portuguese morugem-branca, morugem-verdadeira
  • morugem-brancaherb Stellaria media
  • morugem-verdadeiraherb Stellaria media
Russian мокри́ца, звездча́тка сре́дняя
  • мокри́ца (mokríca)herb Stellaria media
  • звездча́тка сре́дняя (zvezdčátka srédnjaja)herb Stellaria media
Swedish våtarv
  • våtarvherb Stellaria media
Welsh gwlyddyn y dom
  • gwlyddyn y domherb Stellaria media
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APA

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Chicago

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