chickweed

Stellaria media

Meaning

Noun

Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.
Other plants of similar appearance and habit:

Origin

From Middle English chykwed, chykewode, chike wed, chikewed, chekwede, a variant of chykynwede, chekyn-wede, cheken-wede, equivalent to .

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