chickweed

A noun referring to any of various small-leaved plants, especially of the genus Stellaria, often found as common weeds.

• 🌐نبات عشبي صغير الأوراق من جنس النجمة (Stellaria) أو من أجناس قريبة، ينمو عادة كحشيش ضار في الحقول والحدائق.

1. Common plant species B2 formal

   Any of various small, low-growing plants of the genus Stellaria, often found in gardens and fields.

   • Chickweed grows abundantly in moist, shady areas.
   • The gardener removed the chickweed from the flower bed.
   • Birds often eat the seeds of chickweed.

   🌐نجمية

   المرادفات: starwortstitchwort

2. Related plants C1 formal

   Any of various plants related to the common chickweed, belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

   • Some species of chickweed are used in herbal remedies.
   • The field was covered with a variety of chickweed and other wildflowers.
   • Botanists classify chickweed under the genus Stellaria.

   🌐نباتات قريبة

• chickweeds plural form
• chickweeds' possessive plural form
• chickweed's possessive singular form