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Chickweed

noun

Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria.

Any of various plants related to the common chickweed. Synonyms: clammy chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed.

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"Chickweed" Quotes from Famous Books

... hoed at by a million farmers all spring and summer, and yet have prevailed, and just now come out triumphant over all lanes, pastures, fields, and gardens, such is their vigor. We have insulted them with low names, too,—as Pigweed, Wormwood, Chickweed, Shad-Blossom." He says, "They have brave names, too,—Ambrosia, ...

— Excursions • Henry D. Thoreau

... forest, overhung by the fleecy cumuli of a perfect but constantly changing sky. It is simple and beautiful beyond description. We approach some wooded hills, well cared for, but lifting themselves upward in the beauty of Nature, not art. Buttercups and star-grass and chickweed arrest us occasionally by the roadside, until a wooded pathway brings us to a plot surrounded by an iron fence. Within, an old woman is trimming the ivy overspreading a grave, and there are eight or ten ...

— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton

Words linked to "Chickweed" : Cerastium arvense, Cerastium alpinum, genus Stellaria, greater stitchwort, Alpine mouse-ear, herb, Cerastium, herbaceous plant, Cerastium tomentosum, Stellaria holostea, field mouse-ear, starwort, genus Cerastium, Stellaria media, Stellaria, Arctic mouse-ear, love-in-a-mist, stitchwort, snow-in-summer