"chickweed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chickweeds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English chykwed, chykewode, chike wed, chikewed, chekwede, a variant of chykynwede, chekyn-wede, cheken-wede (literally “chicken-weed”), equivalent to chick + weed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chykwed}} Middle English chykwed, {{m|enm|chykewode}} chykewode, {{m|enm|chike wed}} chike wed, {{m|enm|chikewed}} chikewed, {{m|enm|chekwede}} chekwede, {{m|enm|chykynwede}} chykynwede, {{m|enm|chekyn-wede}} chekyn-wede, {{m|enm|cheken-wede|lit=chicken-weed}} cheken-wede (literally “chicken-weed”), {{com|en|chick|weed}} chick + weed Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} chickweed (usually uncountable, plural chickweeds)
  1. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
    especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-IQt1RbPU Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 15 6 6 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 20 20 17 5 5 10
  2. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
    Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-3wCA~~6U Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 15 6 6 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 20 20 17 5 5 10
  3. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
    Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-lv9QmCRO Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 15 6 6 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 20 20 17 5 5 10
  4. Other plants of similar appearance and habit:
    Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-87usMaF7 Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 15 6 6 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 20 20 17 5 5 10
  5. Other plants of similar appearance and habit:
    Holosteum - jagged chickweed
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-PLYbIgqE Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17
  6. Other plants of similar appearance and habit:
    Moenchia - upright chickweed
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-4tqfnbEX Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17
  7. Other plants of similar appearance and habit:
    Paronychia - chickweed
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-kRSJ4SHn Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 17 11 11 16 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 16 11 11 17 14 14 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 15 6 6 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 20 20 17 5 5 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chick-weed Derived forms: chickweed wintergreen, red chickweed, sea chickweed Translations (herb): врабчови чревца (vrabčovi črevca) (Bulgarian), morró [masculine] (Catalan), 繁縷 (Chinese Mandarin), 繁缕 (fánlǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), ptačinec [masculine] (Czech), fuglegræs [neuter] (Danish), hoornbloem (Dutch), muur (Dutch), høsnagras [neuter] (Faroese), høsnagørn [feminine] (Faroese), pihatähtimö (Finnish), mouron blanc [masculine] (French), muruxa [feminine] (Galician), Vogelmiere [feminine] (German), tyúkhúr (Hungarian), haugarfi [masculine] (Icelandic), fliodh (Irish), centocchio [masculine] (Italian), 繁縷 (alt: はこべ, hakobe, はこべら, hakobera) (Japanese), žliūgė [feminine] (Lithuanian), kohukohu (Maori), vassarve [common-gender] (Norwegian), gwiazdnica [feminine] (Polish), morrião-dos-passarinhos [masculine] (Portuguese), morugem [feminine] (Portuguese), răcovină [feminine] (Romanian), алзи́на (alzína) [feminine] (Russian), мокри́чник (mokríčnik) [masculine] (Russian), capiquí [masculine] (Spanish), pamplina [feminine] (Spanish), hierba gallinera [feminine] (Spanish), våtarv [common-gender] (Swedish), kuş otu (Turkish), serçe dili (Turkish), gwlyddyn [masculine] (Welsh), brechlys [masculine] (Welsh), שטערנדל (shterndl) [neuter] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'herb': 24 24 24 7 7 7 7

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