chickweed

== English == === Alternative forms === chick-weed === 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. Etymonline claims the name was apparently applied to many plants fit for chicken feed, which were called in Old English cicene mete (“chicken food”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪkwiːd/ === Noun === chickweed (usually uncountable, plural chickweeds) 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. Stellaria pro parte Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed) Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species: Ageratum conyzoides Holosteum (jagged chickweed) Moenchia (upright chickweed) Paronychia spp. (nailwort, whitlow-wort) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “chickweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. chickweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cerastium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Stellaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cerastium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Stellaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons