chick-weed

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• chick|weed — «CHIHK WEED», noun. a common weed with small white flowers. Chickweed belongs to the pink family. The leaves and seeds of many kinds are eaten by birds …   Useful english dictionary

• chickweed — chick|weed [ˈtʃıkwi:d] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Because it is eaten by chickens] a garden ↑weed with small white flowers …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chickweed — chick•weed [[t]ˈtʃɪkˌwid[/t]] n. pln any of various plants of the genera Stellaria and Cerastium, of the pink family, as S. media, a common Old World weed whose leaves and seeds are relished by birds • Etymology: 1325–75 …   From formal English to slang

• Ageratum conyzoides — Goatweed redirects here. For the butterfly, see Anaeini. Ageratum conyzoides Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• chickweed — late 14c., chekwede, from CHICK (Cf. chick) + WEED (Cf. weed). In O.E. it was cicene mete chicken food …   Etymology dictionary

• Arenaria peploides — Sea chickweed Sea chick weed (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; called also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chickweed — Chick weed ( w[=e]d ), n. (Bot.) The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially {Stellaria media}, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Montia fontana — Water chickweed Wa ter chick weed (Bot.) A small annual plant ({Montia fontana}) growing in wet places in southern regions. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sea chickweed — Sea chick weed (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; called also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sea purslane — Sea chickweed Sea chick weed (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; called also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sea sandwort — Sea chickweed Sea chick weed (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; called also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English