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[syn: common chickweed, Stellaria media]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Stellaria media
n 1: a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white
flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by
chickens [syn: common chickweed, Stellaria media]