"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, {{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.
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  2. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
    Stellaria pro parte
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants
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  3. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
    Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
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  4. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:
    Ageratum conyzoides
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-euUIuLTo
  5. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:
    Holosteum (jagged chickweed)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-npatHT8z
  6. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:
    Moenchia (upright chickweed)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-kjORyC9A
  7. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:
    Paronychia spp.
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chickweed-en-noun-jktZqVgt
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': 33 33 33 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "kuş otu"
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      "sense": "herb",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shterndl",
      "sense": "herb",
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  ],
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}

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