| 单词 | chickweed |
| 释义 | chickweed (once / 32741 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY chickweed: chickweeds USAGE EXAMPLESOn a late June day when the cliff side was green and yellow with chickweed, Chup caught a passing starling on the wing. Jean Craighead George, Frightful's Mountain(2001) A dollop of yogurt tempers the heat; a garnish of chickweed, its flavor akin to corn silk, adds summery freshness. Washington Post(May 26, 2015) A sharp hoe or weeding knife will make short work of chickweed, henbit, bittercress and speedwell without resorting to herbicides. Washington Post(Mar 31, 2015) 1 n any of various plants of the genus Stellaria 2Hypo|Hyper Stellaria media, common chickweed a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens Stellaria holostea, greater stitchwort, starwort, stitchwortlow-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests n any of various plants related to the common chickweed Syn|Hypo|Hyper clammy chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium arvense, field chickweed, field mouse-ear densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone Cerastium tomentosum, love-in-a-mist, snow-in-summerchickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers Alpine mouse-ear, Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinumwidespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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